The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 17
As soon as he had opportunity he presented himself at the palace, and sent in the bracelet, neatly packed in a little perfumed box provided by himself, giving at the same time the message entrusted to him by Wali Dâd.
Who acts: Wali · What happens: have, present, send in, pack, perfume, provide · To what, where: opportunity, Wali, palace, bracelet, little perfumed box, message
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wali), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Checked tree. This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (gutenberg:pg3282:3047): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 presented | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 had | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 soon | advcl |
| 6 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 presented | nsubj |
| 8 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 presented | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 palace | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 palace | det |
| 12 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 presented | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sent | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sent | cc |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 presented | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 sent | compound:prt |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 bracelet | det |
| 18 | bracelet | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 packed | punct |
| 20 | neatly | neatly | ADV | _ | 21 packed | advmod |
| 21 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 bracelet | acl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 box | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 box | det |
| 24 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 box | amod |
| 25 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 box | amod |
| 26 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 packed | obl |
| 27 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 box | acl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 himself | case |
| 29 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 27 provided | obl:agent |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 giving | punct |
| 31 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 sent | advcl |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 time | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 time | det |
| 34 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 time | amod |
| 35 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 giving | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 message | det |
| 37 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 giving | obj |
| 38 | entrusted | entrust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 message | acl |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 entrusted | obl |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 Wali | case |
| 42 | Wali | Wali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 entrusted | obl:agent |
| 43 | Dâd | Dâd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Wali | flat |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 presented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Wali | opportunity | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | ||||
| 2 | present | past | Wali | Wali | the palace | soon property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||
| 3 | send in | past | Wali not said here | the bracelet | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pack | participle | the bracelet not said here | a little perfumed box | neatly property | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in box=Destination | |||
| 5 | perfume | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | provide | participle | a little perfumed box not said here | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 7 | give | gerund | Wali not said here | the message | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | |||
| 8 | entrust | participle | the message not said here | Wali | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
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: the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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