The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 10
'In the darkness of the night, O my friends,' he said presently, 'the white spirits of my fathers came upon me and spoke, saying: "Get thee hence, Makoma, for thou shalt have no rest until thou hast found and fought with Sakatirina, who had five heads, and is very great and strong; so take leave of thy friends, for thou must go alone."'
Who acts: Makoma, white spirits, thou, Sakatirina · What happens: say, come, speak, get, have, find · To what, where: darkness, thee, rest, five heads, leave · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Makoma, white spirits, thou, Sakatirina), 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 | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 2 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 darkness | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 darkness | det |
| 4 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 darkness | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 friends | punct |
| 9 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 11 friends | discourse |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 friends | nmod:poss |
| 11 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 darkness | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 darkness | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 darkness | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 15 said | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 came | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 came | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 spirits | det |
| 20 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 spirits | amod |
| 21 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 came | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 fathers | case |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 fathers | nmod:poss |
| 24 | fathers | father | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 spirits | nmod |
| 25 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 26 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 came | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 spoke | cc |
| 29 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 came | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 saying | punct |
| 31 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 came | advcl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 Get | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Get | punct |
| 34 | Get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 saying | ccomp |
| 35 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 Get | obj |
| 36 | hence | hence | ADV | _ | 34 Get | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Makoma | punct |
| 38 | Makoma | Makoma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Get | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 have | punct |
| 40 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 have | mark |
| 41 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 have | nsubj |
| 42 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 43 have | aux |
| 43 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 Get | conj |
| 44 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 45 rest | det |
| 45 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 have | obj |
| 46 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 49 found | mark |
| 47 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 49 found | nsubj |
| 48 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 found | aux |
| 49 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 have | advcl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 fought | cc |
| 51 | fought | fight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 found | conj |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 Sakatirina | case |
| 53 | Sakatirina | Sakatirina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 fought | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 had | punct |
| 55 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 had | nsubj |
| 56 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 Sakatirina | acl:relcl |
| 57 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 58 heads | nummod |
| 58 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 had | obj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 great | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 great | cc |
| 61 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 great | cop |
| 62 | very | very | ADV | _ | 63 great | advmod |
| 63 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 found | parataxis |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 strong | cc |
| 65 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 great | conj |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 take | punct |
| 67 | so | so | ADV | _ | 68 take | advmod |
| 68 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 69 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 take | obj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 friends | case |
| 71 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 72 friends | nmod:poss |
| 72 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 leave | nmod |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 go | punct |
| 74 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 77 go | mark |
| 75 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 77 go | nsubj |
| 76 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 77 go | aux |
| 77 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 take | conj |
| 78 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 77 go | advmod |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 68 take | punct |
| 80 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 take | punct |
| 81 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Makoma | the darkness of the night and my friends | presently property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | come | past | the white spirits of my fathers | upon me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon i=Location | ||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | past | the white spirits of my fathers not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | the white spirits of my fathers not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | get in a quote | infinitive | thee | Makoma obl; hence property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | shall | thou | no rest | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | ||||
| 7 | find in a quote | present · perfect | thou | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | fight in a quote | participle | thou not said here | with Sakatirina | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sakatirina=Co-Agent | ||||
| 9 | have in a quote | past | Sakatirina | five heads | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ||||
| 10 | is in a quote | present | great property | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | be in a quote | tree rules | |||||||
| 12 | take in a quote | infinitive | leave of thy friends | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | |||||
| 13 | go in a quote | must | thou | alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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