The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 20
I know that you have studied the art of magic,” she went on, turning to the Red Knight, “so suppose you just show him how it is done, and bring shame upon him.”
Who acts: I, you, joy · What happens: know, study, go on, turn, suppose, show · To what, where: art, man, shame · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, joy), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 studied | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 studied | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 studied | aux |
| 6 | studied | study | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 know | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 art | det |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 studied | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 magic | case |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 art | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 studied | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 went | nsubj |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 know | parataxis |
| 15 | on | on | ADV | _ | 14 went | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 17 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 went | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Knight | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Knight | det |
| 20 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Knight | flat |
| 21 | Knight | Knight | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 turning | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 suppose | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 suppose | punct |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 suppose | advmod |
| 25 | suppose | suppose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 turning | advcl |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 show | nsubj |
| 27 | just | just | ADV | _ | 28 show | advmod |
| 28 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 suppose | ccomp |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 show | iobj |
| 30 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 done | advmod |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 done | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 done | aux:pass |
| 33 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 show | ccomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 bring | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 bring | cc |
| 36 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 know | parataxis |
| 37 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 bring | obj |
| 38 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 bring | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | study | present · perfect | you | the art of magic | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic | ||||
| 3 | go on in a quote | past | joy | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | turn in a quote | gerund | joy not said here | to the Red Knight result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to knight=Result | ||||
| 5 | suppose | infinitive | joy not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | show | present | you | man | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | do | present · passive | art | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | bring | infinitive | shame | upon man | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shame=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 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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