The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 155
But he drew it cleverly from his mouth, and his desire for the cake was forgotten as he examined the fine emerald set in a gold keeper-ring, a ring so small that he knew it could only be worn on the prettiest little finger in the world.
Who acts: man · What happens: draw, forget, examine, set, know, wear · To what, where: cake, mouth, desire, fine emerald, gold keeper ring, prettiest little finger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Towards Her"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 drew | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drew | obj |
| 5 | cleverly | cleverly | ADV | _ | 3 drew | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 mouth | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drew | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 forgotten | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 forgotten | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 desire | nmod:poss |
| 12 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 forgotten | nsubj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 cake | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cake | det |
| 15 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 desire | nmod |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 17 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 drew | conj |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 examined | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 examined | nsubj |
| 20 | examined | examine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 forgotten | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 emerald | det |
| 22 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 emerald | amod |
| 23 | emerald | emerald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 examined | obj |
| 24 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 emerald | acl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 ring | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 ring | det |
| 27 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 ring | compound |
| 28 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 ring | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 keeper | punct |
| 30 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 set | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 ring | punct |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 ring | det |
| 33 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 emerald | conj |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 small | advmod |
| 35 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 ring | amod |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 knew | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 knew | nsubj |
| 38 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 small | advcl |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 worn | aux |
| 41 | only | only | ADV | _ | 43 worn | advmod |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 worn | aux:pass |
| 43 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 knew | ccomp |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 finger | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 finger | det |
| 46 | prettiest | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 48 finger | amod |
| 47 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 finger | amod |
| 48 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 worn | obl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 world | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 world | det |
| 51 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 finger | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | man | cake | man's mouth | cleverly property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from mouth=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | forget | past · passive | man's desire for the cake | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | examine | past | man | the fine emerald and a ring | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emerald=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set | participle | the fine emerald and a ring not said here | a gold keeper ring | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ring=Destination | ||||
| 5 | know | past | man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | wear | could · passive | cake | the prettiest little finger in the world | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | desire | man | for the cake | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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