The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 92
‘The man to whom this ring belonged thou shalt see here in the evening,’ answered the shepherd; ‘he is Kilweh, son of Kilydd, cousin to king Arthur, and he has come to seek Olwen.’
Who acts: man, thou · What happens: belong, see, answer, be, come, seek · To what, where: shepherd, Kilweh, Olwen
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, thou), 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 | _ | 8 belonged | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 belonged | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 whom | case |
| 5 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 man | nmod |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 ring | det |
| 7 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whom | nsubj |
| 8 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 see | nsubj |
| 10 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 11 see | aux |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 belonged | ccomp |
| 12 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 see | advmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 evening | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 evening | det |
| 15 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 answered | punct |
| 17 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 answered | punct |
| 18 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 belonged | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 shepherd | det |
| 20 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 answered | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 Kilweh | punct |
| 22 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 Kilweh | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 Kilweh | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 Kilweh | cop |
| 25 | Kilweh | Kilweh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 belonged | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 son | punct |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Kilweh | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Kilydd | case |
| 29 | Kilydd | Kilydd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 son | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 cousin | punct |
| 31 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Kilweh | appos |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Arthur | case |
| 33 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Arthur | compound |
| 34 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 cousin | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 come | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 come | cc |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 come | nsubj |
| 38 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 come | aux |
| 39 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 belonged | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 seek | mark |
| 41 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 come | xcomp |
| 42 | Olwen | Olwen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 seek | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 belonged | punct |
| 44 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 belonged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | past | the man | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | shall | thou | here | evening | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | answer speech: assert | past | the man not said here | the shepherd | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | man | Kilweh | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come | present · perfect | man | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | seek | to-infinitive | man not said here | Olwen | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olwen=Theme |
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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