The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 19
“I have brought you, sir, a rabbit of the warren, which my noble lord the Marquis of Carabas” (for that was the title which puss was pleased to give his master) “has commanded me to present to your majesty from him.”
Who acts: Proud, warren, that, title, Marquis · What happens: bring, lord, be, give, command, present · To what, where: you, master, Proud, majesty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Proud, warren, that, title), 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 | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | aux |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sir | punct |
| 7 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rabbit | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rabbit | det |
| 10 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sir | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 warren | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 warren | det |
| 13 | warren | warren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rabbit | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 lord | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 lord | nsubj |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 lord | nmod:poss |
| 17 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 lord | amod |
| 18 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 warren | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Marquis | det |
| 20 | Marquis | Marquis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 lord | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Carabas | case |
| 22 | Carabas | Carabas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Marquis | nmod |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Marquis | punct |
| 24 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 29 title | punct |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 title | case |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 title | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 title | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 title | det |
| 29 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Marquis | appos |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 pleased | nsubj |
| 31 | puss | puss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 pleased | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 pleased | cop |
| 33 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 title | acl:relcl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 give | mark |
| 35 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 pleased | xcomp |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 master | nmod:poss |
| 37 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 give | obj |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 29 title | punct |
| 39 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 commanded | punct |
| 40 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 commanded | aux |
| 41 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 Marquis | acl:relcl |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 commanded | obj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 present | mark |
| 44 | present | present | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 commanded | advcl |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 majesty | case |
| 46 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 47 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 present | obl |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 him | case |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 present | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in a quote | present · perfect | Proud of Proud's prey = proud | you | sir obl | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | |||
| 2 | lord in a quote | the warren and my noble lord | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | past | that | for the title | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the title | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give | to-infinitive | the title not said here | Proud's master | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | ||||
| 6 | command in a quote | present · perfect | the Marquis of Carabas not said here | Proud of Proud's prey = proud | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 7 | present in a quote | to-infinitive | the Marquis of Carabas not said here | your majesty | from Proud | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to majesty=Recipient |
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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