The Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, sentence 2
So he called them to him, and said: “Your mother brought me as her dowry two stools and a straw bed; I have, besides, a hen, a pot of pinks, and a silver ring, which were given me by a noble lady who once lodged in my poor cottage.
Who acts: laborer, mother, noble lady · What happens: call, say, bring, have, give, lodge · To what, where: possessions, him, laborer, hen, silver ring, poor cottage · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (laborer, mother, noble lady), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 called | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 brought | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 brought | punct |
| 12 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brought | nsubj |
| 14 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 brought | obj |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 dowry | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 dowry | nmod:poss |
| 18 | dowry | dowry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brought | obl |
| 19 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 stools | nummod |
| 20 | stools | stool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 dowry | conj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 bed | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 bed | det |
| 23 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bed | compound |
| 24 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dowry | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 have | punct |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 have | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hen | punct |
| 29 | besides | besides | INTJ | _ | 32 hen | discourse |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hen | punct |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 hen | det |
| 32 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 have | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 pot | punct |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 pot | det |
| 35 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hen | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 pinks | case |
| 37 | pinks | pink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 pot | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 ring | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 ring | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 ring | det |
| 41 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 ring | amod |
| 42 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hen | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 given | punct |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 given | nsubj |
| 45 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 given | aux:pass |
| 46 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 ring | acl |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 given | iobj |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 lady | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 lady | det |
| 50 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 lady | amod |
| 51 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 given | obl |
| 52 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 lodged | nsubj |
| 53 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 54 lodged | advmod |
| 54 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 lady | acl:relcl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 cottage | case |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 cottage | nmod:poss |
| 57 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 cottage | amod |
| 58 | cottage | cottage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 lodged | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | laborer | possessions = possession | him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to he=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | laborer not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | bring in a quote | past | Your mother | laborer | as mother's dowry and two stools and a straw bed | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | |||
| 4 | have in a quote | present | laborer | a hen and a pot of pinks and a silver ring | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Patient | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | past · passive | a noble lady | a silver ring | laborer | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient i=Theme | |||
| 6 | lodge in a quote | past | a noble lady | my poor cottage | once property | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=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 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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