The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 79
‘Yes, but that is not enough,’ said the ox; ‘even supposing you get safely by, the treasure you have brought with you will crumble into dust if you do not give in exchange a baptised soul.
Who acts: that, you · What happens: not be, say, suppose, get, bring, crumble · To what, where: ox, treasure, dust, baptised soul, exchange · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, you), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 11 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 enough | cc |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 enough | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 enough | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 enough | advmod |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Yes | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 10 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ox | det |
| 13 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 supposing | punct |
| 15 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 supposing | punct |
| 16 | even | even | ADV | _ | 17 supposing | advmod |
| 17 | supposing | suppose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 said | advcl |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 get | nsubj |
| 19 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 supposing | conj |
| 20 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 19 get | advmod |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 get | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 brought | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 treasure | det |
| 24 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 brought | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 brought | aux |
| 27 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 supposing | conj |
| 28 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 31 crumble | mark |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 crumble | nsubj |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 crumble | aux |
| 31 | crumble | crumble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 brought | advcl |
| 32 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 dust | case |
| 33 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crumble | obl |
| 34 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 give | mark |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 give | nsubj |
| 36 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 give | aux |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 give | advmod |
| 38 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 crumble | advcl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 exchange | case |
| 40 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 give | obl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 soul | det |
| 42 | baptised | baptise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 soul | amod |
| 43 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 give | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | that | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the ox | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ox=Topic | |||||
| 3 | suppose | gerund | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | get | present | you | safely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | bring | present · perfect · passive | the treasure | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | crumble | future | you | into dust result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dust=Result | ||||
| 7 | not give a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | a baptised soul | exchange | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | |||
| 8 | baptise | participle | tree rules |
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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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