The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1, sentence 63
"O ay, with all my heart, Goody," said this pretty maid; and rinsing immediately the pitcher, she took up some water from the clearest place of the fountain, and gave it to her, holding up the pitcher all the while, that she might drink the easier.
Who acts: heart, maid · What happens: say, rinse, take up, give, hold up, drink · To what, where: pretty maid, pitcher, water, clearest place, maid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, maid), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 heart | punct |
| 2 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 3 ay | discourse |
| 3 | ay | ay | INTJ | _ | 8 heart | discourse |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heart | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 heart | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 heart | det:predet |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heart | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Goody | punct |
| 10 | Goody | goody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heart | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heart | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 heart | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 maid | det |
| 15 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 maid | amod |
| 16 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 took | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 took | cc |
| 19 | rinsing | rinse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 took | advcl |
| 20 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 22 pitcher | advmod |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 pitcher | det |
| 22 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rinsing | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 rinsing | punct |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 took | nsubj |
| 25 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | conj |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 took | compound:prt |
| 27 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 28 water | det |
| 28 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obj |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 place | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 place | det |
| 31 | clearest | clear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 32 place | amod |
| 32 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 took | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 fountain | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 fountain | det |
| 35 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 place | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 gave | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 gave | cc |
| 38 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | parataxis |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 gave | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 her | case |
| 41 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 gave | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 holding | punct |
| 43 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 gave | advcl |
| 44 | up | up | ADP | _ | 43 holding | compound:prt |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 pitcher | det |
| 46 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 holding | obj |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 while | det:predet |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 while | det |
| 49 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 holding | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 drink | punct |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 drink | mark |
| 52 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 drink | nsubj |
| 53 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 drink | aux |
| 54 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 gave | conj |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 easier | det |
| 56 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 54 drink | parataxis |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | my heart and Goody | this pretty maid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent maid=Topic | ||||
| 2 | rinse | gerund | maid not said here | the pitcher | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take up | past | maid | some water | the clearest place of the fountain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from place=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | give | past | water | maid | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | hold up | gerund | the pitcher | while | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pitcher=Theme | ||||
| 6 | drink | might | maid | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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