The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 6, sentence 92
'You must know,' said the fox, 'that in this village there is a rich man who makes in the summer enough cheeses to last him for the whole year, and keeps them in an old well, now dry, in his courtyard.
Who acts: You, rich man · What happens: know, say, be, make, last, keep · To what, where: fox, rich man, enough cheeses, man, old well · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, rich man), 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 | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 man | parataxis |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fox | det |
| 9 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 is | mark |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 village | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 village | det |
| 15 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 is | obl |
| 16 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 17 is | expl |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 man | cop |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 19 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 man | amod |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 makes | nsubj |
| 22 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 man | acl:relcl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 summer | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 summer | det |
| 25 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 makes | obl |
| 26 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 cheeses | amod |
| 27 | cheeses | cheese | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 makes | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 last | mark |
| 29 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 makes | advcl |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 last | obj |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 year | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 year | det |
| 33 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 year | amod |
| 34 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 last | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 keeps | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 keeps | cc |
| 37 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 makes | conj |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 keeps | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 well | case |
| 40 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 well | det |
| 41 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 well | amod |
| 42 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 keeps | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 dry | punct |
| 44 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 dry | advmod |
| 45 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 well | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 courtyard | punct |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 courtyard | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 courtyard | nmod:poss |
| 49 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 dry | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 man | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | must | You | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | You not said here | the fox | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fox=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | a rich man | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | make | present | a rich man | enough cheeses | summer | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Product | |||
| 5 | last | to-infinitive | a rich man not said here | man | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme he=Value | |||
| 6 | keep | present | a rich man not said here | Fox | a old well | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in well=Location |
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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