The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 48
But in order that he may know that you have come from me I will send him a letter.'
Who acts: fellow, you, I · What happens: know, come, send · To what, where: order, letter, fellow
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fellow, you, I), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 know | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 order | case |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 know | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 come | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 send | advcl |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 me | case |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 come | obl |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 send | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 send | aux |
| 16 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 know | parataxis |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 send | obj |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 letter | det |
| 19 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 send | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 know | punct |
| 21 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | may | fellow | order | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | come | present · perfect | you | from me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from i=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | send | future | I | a letter | fellow | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination letter=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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