The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 46
Wiser than his brothers, the young man turned away, saying to himself: “There are as good hares in the forest as any that have come out of it, and when I have caught them, I can come back and look for you.”
Who acts: Wiser brothers, good hares, any · What happens: turn away, say, be, come out, catch, come back · To what, where: emperor, Wiser brothers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wiser brothers, good hares, any), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 brothers | amod |
| 2 | than | than | ADP | _ | 4 brothers | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turned | nsubj |
| 9 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 turned | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 turned | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 himself | case |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 saying | obl |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 are | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 are | punct |
| 17 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 are | expl |
| 18 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 turned | conj |
| 19 | as | as | ADV | _ | 20 good | advmod |
| 20 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 hares | amod |
| 21 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 are | nsubj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 forest | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 forest | det |
| 24 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 hares | nmod |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 any | case |
| 26 | any | any | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 are | obl |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 come | nsubj |
| 28 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 come | aux |
| 29 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 any | acl:relcl |
| 30 | out | out | ADV | _ | 29 come | advmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 it | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 come | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 come | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 come | cc |
| 35 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 38 caught | mark |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 caught | aux |
| 38 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 come | advcl |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 caught | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 caught | punct |
| 41 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 come | nsubj |
| 42 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 come | aux |
| 43 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 are | parataxis |
| 44 | back | back | ADV | _ | 43 come | advmod |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 look | cc |
| 46 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 come | conj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 you | case |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 look | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
| 50 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn away | past | emperor's Wiser brothers | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | emperor's Wiser brothers not said here | emperor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | does in a quote | present | good hares in the forest | there | as any | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | come out in a quote | present · perfect | any | of forest; out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | catch in a quote | present · perfect · passive | emperor's Wiser brothers = brother | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | |||||
| 6 | come back in a quote | can | emperor's Wiser brothers = brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | look in a quote | infinitive | emperor's Wiser brothers = brother not said here | for emperor | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for you=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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