The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 98
If he favours you, he will take you to Waq of Qaf; if not, you will never get there, for seven seas are on the way, and they are such seas that if all the kings of the earth, and all their wazirs, and all their wise men considered for a thousand years, they would not be able to cross them.”
Who acts: man, you, seven seas, seas, that · What happens: favour, take, not get, be, king, consider · To what, where: you, Waq, such seas, wise men, seas
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, you, seven seas, seas), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 favours | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 favours | nsubj |
| 3 | favours | favour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | advcl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 favours | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 favours | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Waq | case |
| 11 | Waq | Waq | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Qaf | case |
| 13 | Qaf | Qaf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Waq | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 get | punct |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 not | mark |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 get | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 not | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 get | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 get | aux |
| 20 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 get | advmod |
| 21 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | conj |
| 22 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 get | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 way | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 way | case |
| 25 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 seas | nummod |
| 26 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 way | nsubj |
| 27 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 way | cop |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 way | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 way | det |
| 30 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 get | parataxis |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seas | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 seas | cc |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 seas | nsubj |
| 34 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 seas | cop |
| 35 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 seas | amod |
| 36 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | parataxis |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 kings | nsubj |
| 38 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 kings | mark |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 kings | det:predet |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 kings | det |
| 41 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 seas | parataxis |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 earth | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 earth | det |
| 44 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 kings | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 wazirs | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 wazirs | cc |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 wazirs | det:predet |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 wazirs | nmod:poss |
| 49 | wazirs | wazir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 kings | appos |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 men | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 men | cc |
| 52 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 55 men | det:predet |
| 53 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 men | nmod:poss |
| 54 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | amod |
| 55 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 wazirs | appos |
| 56 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 men | acl |
| 57 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 years | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 thousand | det |
| 59 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 60 years | nummod |
| 60 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 considered | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 able | punct |
| 62 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 able | nsubj |
| 63 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 able | aux |
| 64 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 66 able | advmod |
| 65 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 66 able | cop |
| 66 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 men | conj |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 cross | mark |
| 68 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 able | xcomp |
| 69 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 cross | obj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 wazirs | punct |
| 71 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 kings | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favour a condition, not said to happen | present | man | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | future | man | you | Waq of Qaf | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to waq=Destination | |||
| 3 | not get | future | you | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | is | present | seven seas | for the way | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | seas = sea | such seas | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | king a condition, not said to happen | that | of the earth | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | consider | participle | seas's wise men not said here | year | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | not is | would | seas = sea | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | cross | to-infinitive | seas = sea not said here | seas = sea | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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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