The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 73

In times of doubt Gopani-Kufa always consulted the wasp as to what had better be done, so on this occasion he took it out of the little rush basket in which he carried it, saying: 'Zengi-mizi, what gift shall I ask of Insato to-morrow when he would know the reward he shall bestow on me for saving his life?'

Who acts: Gopani, Zengi mizi · What happens: consult, do, take, carry, say, gift · To what, where: wasp, better, occasion, little rush basket, reward, life · 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 (Gopani, Zengi mizi), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 times	case
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 consulted	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 doubt	case
4	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 times	nmod
5	Gopani	Gopani	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 doubt	appos
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Gopani	punct
7	Kufa	Kufa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Gopani	flat
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 consulted	advmod
9	consulted	consult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wasp	det
11	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consulted	obj
12	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	14 what	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 as	fixed
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 consulted	obl
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 done	aux
16	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 done	nsubj:pass
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 done	aux:pass
18	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 what	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 took	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	25 took	advmod
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 occasion	case
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 occasion	det
23	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 took	obl
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 took	nsubj
25	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 consulted	conj
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 took	obj
27	out	out	ADP	_	32 basket	case
28	of	of	ADP	_	32 basket	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 basket	det
30	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 basket	amod
31	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 basket	compound
32	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 took	obl
33	in	in	ADP	_	34 which	case
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 carried	obl
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 carried	nsubj
36	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 basket	acl:relcl
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 carried	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 saying	punct
39	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 took	advcl
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	44 mizi	punct
41	'	'	PUNCT	_	44 mizi	punct
42	Zengi	Zengi	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 mizi	compound
43	-	-	PUNCT	_	42 Zengi	punct
44	mizi	mizi	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 ask	nsubj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 gift	punct
46	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	47 gift	nsubj
47	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 mizi	appos
48	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 ask	aux
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 ask	nsubj
50	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 saying	ccomp
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Insato	case
52	Insato	Insato	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 ask	obl
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 morrow	case
54	-	-	PUNCT	_	53 to	punct
55	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 ask	obl
56	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 know	advmod
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 know	nsubj
58	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 know	aux
59	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 ask	advcl
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 reward	det
61	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 know	obj
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 bestow	nsubj
63	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 bestow	aux
64	bestow	bestow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 reward	acl:relcl
65	on	on	ADP	_	66 me	case
66	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	64 bestow	obl
67	for	for	SCONJ	_	68 saving	mark
68	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	64 bestow	advcl
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 life	nmod:poss
70	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 saving	obj
71	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 consulted	punct
72	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 consulted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	past		the wasp		time	always property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent wasp=Theme as what=Value
2	do	past · passive		better				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	take	past	Gopani	wasp	this occasion		out the little rush basket	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on occasion=Destination
4	carry	past	Gopani	wasp	the little rush basket			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in which=Location
5	say speech: assert	gerund	Gopani not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	gift		Zengi mizi					tree rules
7	ask speech: ask	shall	Zengi mizi				of Insato; to morrow	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of insato=Recipient
8	know	would	Gopani	the reward				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus
9	bestow	shall	Gopani	the reward not said here			on me	tree rules
10	save	gerund	Gopani not said here	Gopani's life				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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