The Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, sentence 137
“I recognize you,” said the Princess; “you are the gardener’s son whom I have always loved, and it is you I wish to marry.”
Who acts: Princess, you, sire, story · What happens: recognize, say, be, love, wish, marry · To what, where: you, son · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Bronze Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, you, sire, story), 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 | _ | 3 recognize | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 recognize | nsubj |
| 3 | recognize | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 recognize | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognize | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognize | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recognize | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 “ | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognize | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 son | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 son | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gardener | det |
| 15 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 16 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 15 gardener | case |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 “ | vocative |
| 18 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 loved | obj |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 loved | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 loved | aux |
| 21 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 22 loved | advmod |
| 22 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 son | acl:relcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 wish | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 wish | cc |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 you | nsubj |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 you | cop |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 wish | nsubj |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 wish | nsubj |
| 29 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 son | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 marry | mark |
| 31 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 wish | xcomp |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 son | punct |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 recognize | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognize in a quote | present | the Princess = princess | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | you | the gardener's son | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | love in a quote | present · perfect | sire | the gardener's son | always property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | story | you | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | wish in a quote | present | you | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | marry not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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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