The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 77
'You cannot wed her, however fair she may be, for the queen your wife is still alive, and sends you this letter written in her own blood,' said the frog, holding out the square of handkerchief as she spoke. '
Who acts: You, frog, wife · What happens: not wed, be, send, write, say, hold out · To what, where: frog, letter, you, own blood, square · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (You, frog, wife), 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 | _ | 5 wed | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 wed | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wed | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 wed | advmod |
| 5 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fair | punct |
| 8 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 fair | advmod |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wed | conj |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 be | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 be | aux |
| 12 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fair | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 alive | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 queen | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 queen | det |
| 16 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 alive | obl |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wife | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 alive | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 alive | cop |
| 20 | still | still | ADV | _ | 21 alive | advmod |
| 21 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wed | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sends | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 sends | cc |
| 24 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 alive | parataxis |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 sends | obj |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 letter | det |
| 27 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sends | obj |
| 28 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 letter | acl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 blood | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 blood | nmod:poss |
| 31 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 blood | amod |
| 32 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 written | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 said | punct |
| 34 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 said | punct |
| 35 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wed | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 frog | det |
| 37 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 said | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 holding | punct |
| 39 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 said | advcl |
| 40 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 holding | compound:prt |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 square | det |
| 42 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 holding | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 handkerchief | case |
| 44 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 square | nmod |
| 45 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 47 spoke | mark |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 spoke | nsubj |
| 47 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 holding | advcl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wed | punct |
| 49 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 wed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wed | can | You | frog | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | be | may | frog | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | your wife | still | for the queen; alive property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | send | present | this letter | you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination letter=Theme | ||||
| 5 | write | participle | this letter not said here | frog's own blood | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in blood=Destination | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | You not said here | the frog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent frog=Topic | ||||
| 7 | hold out | gerund | You not said here | the square of handkerchief | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent square=Theme | ||||
| 8 | speak speech: other | past | frog | vn talk-37.5 «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 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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