The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 1, sentence 2
I do not exactly know how many there were, but the youngest of them could not stay quietly at home, and was determined to go out into the world and try his luck, and after a long time the King was forced to give him leave to go.
Who acts: I, many, youngest, King · What happens: not know, be, not stay, go out, try, force · To what, where: home, world, luck, King · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, 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 (I, many, youngest, King), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 were | nsubj |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 were | expl |
| 9 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stay | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 stay | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 youngest | det |
| 13 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 stay | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 youngest | nmod |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 stay | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 stay | advmod |
| 18 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 know | conj |
| 19 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 18 stay | advmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 home | case |
| 21 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stay | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 determined | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 determined | cc |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 determined | cop |
| 25 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 stay | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 go | mark |
| 27 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 determined | xcomp |
| 28 | out | out | ADV | _ | 27 go | advmod |
| 29 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 world | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 world | det |
| 31 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 go | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 try | cc |
| 33 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 go | conj |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 luck | nmod:poss |
| 35 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 try | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 forced | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 forced | cc |
| 38 | after | after | ADP | _ | 41 time | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 time | det |
| 40 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 time | amod |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 forced | obl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 King | det |
| 43 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 forced | aux:pass |
| 45 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 know | conj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 give | mark |
| 47 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 forced | xcomp |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 give | iobj |
| 49 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 give | xcomp |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 go | mark |
| 51 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 leave | xcomp |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | I | exactly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | be | past | many | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not stay | could | the youngest of sons | home | quietly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | |||
| 4 | is | past | the youngest of sons not said here | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go out | to-infinitive | the youngest of sons not said here | the world | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | try | infinitive | the youngest of sons not said here | king's luck | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | force | past · passive | the King | time | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | give | to-infinitive | the King not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | leave | infinitive | the King not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | go | to-infinitive | the King not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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