The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 90
For three days Gopani- Kufa returned the same answer to the king, and, at last, with tears in his eyes, Insato gave him the Mirror, which was of polished iron, saying: 'Take Sipao, then, O Gopani- Kufa, and may thy wishes come true.
Who acts: Gopani, Insato, Mirror, wishes, thy · What happens: return, give, polish, be, say, take · To what, where: same answer, king, Mirror, Gopani, Sipao · 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, Insato, Mirror, wishes), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 days | nummod |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 returned | obl |
| 4 | Gopani | Gopani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 returned | nsubj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Kufa | punct |
| 6 | Kufa | Kufa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Gopani | flat |
| 7 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 answer | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 answer | amod |
| 10 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 returned | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 answer | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 last | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 last | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 last | punct |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 last | case |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 returned | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 tears | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 tears | case |
| 21 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 last | obl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 eyes | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 24 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 tears | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 gave | punct |
| 26 | Insato | Insato | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 gave | nsubj |
| 27 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 returned | conj |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 gave | iobj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Mirror | det |
| 30 | Mirror | Mirror | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 gave | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 iron | punct |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 iron | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 iron | cop |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 iron | case |
| 35 | polished | polish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 iron | amod |
| 36 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Mirror | appos |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 saying | punct |
| 38 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 gave | advcl |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 Take | punct |
| 40 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 41 Take | punct |
| 41 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 saying | ccomp |
| 42 | Sipao | Sipao | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Take | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Sipao | punct |
| 44 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 Take | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Gopani | punct |
| 46 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 47 Gopani | discourse |
| 47 | Gopani | Gopani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Take | obl |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 Kufa | punct |
| 49 | Kufa | Kufa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Gopani | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 come | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 come | cc |
| 52 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 come | aux |
| 53 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 54 wishes | nmod:poss |
| 54 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 come | nsubj |
| 55 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 Take | conj |
| 56 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 come | xcomp |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | Gopani | the same answer | the king | day | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent answer=Theme to king=Destination | ||
| 2 | give | past | Insato | the Mirror | Gopani | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient mirror=Theme | |||
| 3 | polish | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | past | the Mirror | of polished iron | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | Insato not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | take | infinitive | Sipao | then | Gopani and Kufa obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sipao=Destination | |||
| 7 | come | may | thy wishes | true property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | wish | thy | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 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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