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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 9

The prince had an eloquent tongue, which could split a hair, and without hesitation he replied to her with a verse: “Only the Omnipotent has knowledge of secrets; if any man says, ‘I know’ do not believe him.”

Who acts: prince, eloquent tongue, Omnipotent, man · What happens: have, split, reply, say, know, not believe · To what, where: eloquent tongue, hair, rose, knowledge, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, eloquent tongue, Omnipotent, 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

detnsubjdetamodobjpunctnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjpunctcccaseoblnsubjparataxiscaseoblcasedetoblpunctpunctadvmoddetnsubjacl:relclobjcasenmodpunctmarkdetnsubjadvclpunctpunctnsubjccomppunctauxadvmodparataxisobjpunctpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUNhadVERBanDETeloquentADJtongueNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONcouldAUXsplitVERBaDEThairNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwithoutADPhesitationNOUNhePRONrepliedVERBtoADPherPRONwithADPaDETverseNOUN:PUNCT“PUNCTOnlyADVtheDETOmnipotentNOUNhasVERBknowledgeNOUNofADPsecretsNOUN;PUNCTifSCONJanyDETmanNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTIPRONknowVERB’PUNCTdoAUXnotPARTbelieveVERBhimPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing3 hadnsubj
3hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 tonguedet
5eloquenteloquentADJDegree=Pos6 tongueamod
6tonguetongueNOUNNumber=Sing3 hadobj
7,,PUNCT_10 splitpunct
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 splitnsubj
9couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin10 splitaux
10splitsplitVERBVerbForm=Inf6 tongueacl:relcl
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 hairdet
12hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing10 splitobj
13,,PUNCT_18 repliedpunct
14andandCCONJ_18 repliedcc
15withoutwithoutADP_16 hesitationcase
16hesitationhesitationNOUNNumber=Sing18 repliedobl
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 repliednsubj
18repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hadparataxis
19totoADP_20 hercase
20hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 repliedobl
21withwithADP_23 versecase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 versedet
23verseverseNOUNNumber=Sing18 repliedobl
24::PUNCT_29 haspunct
25“"PUNCT_29 haspunct
26OnlyonlyADV_28 Omnipotentadvmod
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 Omnipotentdet
28OmnipotentomnipotentNOUNNumber=Sing29 hasnsubj
29hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 verseacl:relcl
30knowledgeknowledgeNOUNNumber=Sing29 hasobj
31ofofADP_32 secretscase
32secretssecretNOUNNumber=Plur30 knowledgenmod
33;;PUNCT_37 sayspunct
34ififSCONJ_37 saysmark
35anyanyDETPronType=Ind36 mandet
36manmanNOUNNumber=Sing37 saysnsubj
37sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin45 believeadvcl
38,,PUNCT_41 knowpunct
39‘'PUNCT_41 knowpunct
40IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs41 knownsubj
41knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 saysccomp
42’'PUNCT_41 knowpunct
43dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin45 believeaux
44notnotPARTPolarity=Neg45 believeadvmod
45believebelieveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 hadparataxis
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 believeobj
47..PUNCT_45 believepunct
48”"PUNCT_45 believepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastthe princea eloquent tonguetree rules
2splitcoulda eloquent tonguea hairvn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
3reply speech: assertpastprincerosewithout hesitation; with a versevn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent to she=Theme with verse=Eventuality
4have in a quotepresentthe Omnipotentknowledge of secretsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient
5say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentany manvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6know in a quotepresentprincevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7not believe in a quotepresent · do-supportmanvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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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