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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 29, sentence 67

“YOU may think that there is nothing on it,” answered she, “but I can assure you that there is a large skein of wool, so fine that nobody can see it, which will be woven into a coat for you.”

Who acts: YOU, nothing, I, subject, nobody · What happens: think, be, answer, assure, see, weave · To what, where: you, large skein, wheel, coat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (YOU, nothing, I, subject), 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

punctnsubjauxmarkexplccompnsubjcasenmodpunctpunctparataxisnsubjpunctpunctccnsubjauxcsubjiobjmarkexplcopdetamodparataxiscasenmodpunctadvmodparataxismarknsubjauxparataxisobjpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passparataxiscasedetoblcaseoblpunctpunctroot“PUNCTYOUPRONmayAUXthinkVERBthatSCONJtherePRONisVERBnothingPRONonADPitPRON,PUNCT”PUNCTansweredVERBshePRON,PUNCT“PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONcanAUXassureVERByouPRONthatSCONJtherePRONisAUXaDETlargeADJskeinNOUNofADPwoolNOUN,PUNCTsoADVfineADJthatSCONJnobodyPRONcanAUXseeVERBitPRON,PUNCTwhichPRONwillAUXbeAUXwovenVERBintoADPaDETcoatNOUNforADPyouPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_4 thinkpunct
2YOUyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 thinknsubj
3maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin4 thinkaux
4thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thatthatSCONJ_7 ismark
6theretherePRONPronType=Dem7 isexpl
7isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 thinkccomp
8nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg7 isnsubj
9ononADP_10 itcase
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 nothingnmod
11,,PUNCT_4 thinkpunct
12”"PUNCT_4 thinkpunct
13answeredanswerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 thinkparataxis
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 skeinnsubj
15,,PUNCT_27 skeinpunct
16“"PUNCT_27 skeinpunct
17butbutCCONJ_20 assurecc
18IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs20 assurensubj
19cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin20 assureaux
20assureassureVERBVerbForm=Inf27 skeincsubj
21youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs20 assureiobj
22thatthatSCONJ_24 ismark
23theretherePRONPronType=Dem24 isexpl
24isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 skeincop
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 skeindet
26largelargeADJDegree=Pos27 skeinamod
27skeinskeinNOUNNumber=Sing13 answeredparataxis
28ofofADP_29 woolcase
29woolwoolNOUNNumber=Sing27 skeinnmod
30,,PUNCT_32 finepunct
31sosoADV_32 fineadvmod
32finefineADJDegree=Pos27 skeinparataxis
33thatthatSCONJ_36 seemark
34nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg36 seensubj
35cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin36 seeaux
36seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf32 fineparataxis
37ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 seeobj
38,,PUNCT_42 wovenpunct
39whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel42 wovennsubj:pass
40willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin42 wovenaux
41bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf42 wovenaux:pass
42wovenweaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 seeparataxis
43intointoADP_45 coatcase
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 coatdet
45coatcoatNOUNNumber=Sing42 wovenobl
46forforADP_47 youcase
47youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs42 wovenobl
48..PUNCT_4 thinkpunct
49”"PUNCT_4 thinkpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: other in a quotemayYOUvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2be in a quotepresentnothingtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3answer speech: assertpasttree rules
4assure in a quotecanIyouvn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
5is a in a quotepresentsubjecta large skeinof wooltree rules
6see in a quotecannobodywheelvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
7weave in a quotefuture · passivea coatfor youvn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material into coat=Product for you=Beneficiary

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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