The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 77
“My father has more money than he knows what to do with, and he will give me as much as I want for both of us; only, there is one thing you must promise me, Rosald, that, supposing we have any adventures, you will let the honour and glory of them fall to me.”
Who acts: father, Rosald, one thing, you, we, honour · What happens: have, know, do, give, want, be · To what, where: more money, much, Rosald, one thing, adventures · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, Rosald, one thing, you), 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 has | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 knows | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 money | advcl |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 do | mark |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 knows | ccomp |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 do | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 give | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 give | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 give | aux |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 has | conj |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 give | iobj |
| 20 | as | as | ADV | _ | 21 much | advmod |
| 21 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 give | obj |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 want | mark |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 want | nsubj |
| 24 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 much | advcl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 us | case |
| 26 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 us | det:predet |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 us | case |
| 28 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 want | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 is | punct |
| 30 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 is | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 only | punct |
| 32 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 33 is | expl |
| 33 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | conj |
| 34 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 thing | nummod |
| 35 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 is | nsubj |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 promise | nsubj |
| 37 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 promise | aux |
| 38 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 thing | acl:relcl |
| 39 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 promise | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Rosald | punct |
| 41 | Rosald | Rosald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 thing | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 supposing | punct |
| 43 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 supposing | nsubj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 supposing | punct |
| 45 | supposing | suppose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 Rosald | acl |
| 46 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 have | nsubj |
| 47 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 supposing | ccomp |
| 48 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 49 adventures | det |
| 49 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 have | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 let | punct |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 let | nsubj |
| 52 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 let | aux |
| 53 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 has | conj |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 honour | det |
| 55 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 fall | nsubj |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 glory | cc |
| 57 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 honour | conj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 them | case |
| 59 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 glory | nmod |
| 60 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 let | parataxis |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 62 me | case |
| 62 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 fall | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| 64 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | My father | more money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | father | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | give in a quote | future | father | much | Rosald | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient much=Theme | |||
| 5 | want in a quote | present | Rosald | for us | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 6 | be in a quote | present | one thing Rosald | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | promise speech: promise in a quote | must | you | one thing Rosald not said here | Rosald | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 8 | suppose in a quote | gerund | Rosald | Rosald not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent rosald=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 9 | have in a quote | present | we | any adventures | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Patient | ||||
| 10 | let in a quote | future | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | fall in a quote | present | the honour and glory of things | Rosald | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to i=Pivot | ||||
| 12 | glory in a quote | things = thing | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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