The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 92
But first I will divide with you all that my parents left me,’ and going to her room, she opened a small chest, and took from it a bell, a knife, and a little stick.
Who acts: I, parents, girl · What happens: divide, leave, go, open, take · To what, where: that, me, room, small chest, bell, chest
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, parents, girl), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 divide | cc |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 divide | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 divide | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 divide | aux |
| 5 | divide | divide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 divide | obl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 left | advmod |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 left | obj |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 parents | nmod:poss |
| 11 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 left | nsubj |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 divide | advcl |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 left | iobj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 15 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 going | cc |
| 17 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 left | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 room | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 room | nmod:poss |
| 20 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 going | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 opened | punct |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 opened | nsubj |
| 23 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 divide | parataxis |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 chest | det |
| 25 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 chest | amod |
| 26 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 opened | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 took | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 took | cc |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 opened | conj |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 it | case |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 took | obl |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 bell | det |
| 33 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 knife | punct |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 knife | det |
| 36 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bell | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 stick | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 stick | cc |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 stick | det |
| 40 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 stick | amod |
| 41 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 divide | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | future | I | with you; first property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with you=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | my parents | that | me | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme that=Attribute | |||
| 3 | go | gerund | my parents not said here | girl's room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | open | past | girl | a small chest | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | past | girl not said here | a bell and a knife | chest | a little stick obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bell=Theme from it=Initial_Location |
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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