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The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 5

I begin to fear that this may affect the welfare of my subjects, therefore I wish that one of you should succeed to my crown; but in return for such a gift as this it is only right that you should do something for me.

Who acts: I, this, one, welfare, you, my · What happens: begin, fear, affect, wish, succeed, be · To what, where: welfare, return, something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, 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, this, one, welfare), 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

nsubjmarkxcompmarknsubjauxccompdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctadvmodnsubjparataxismarknsubjcasenmodauxccompcasenmod:possoblpunctcccaseoblcasedet:predetdetnmodcasenmodnsubjcopadvmodparataxismarknsubjauxaclobjcaseoblpunctrootIPRONbeginVERBtoPARTfearVERBthatSCONJthisPRONmayAUXaffectVERBtheDETwelfareNOUNofADPmyPRONsubjectsNOUN,PUNCTthereforeADVIPRONwishVERBthatSCONJoneNUMofADPyouPRONshouldAUXsucceedVERBtoADPmyPRONcrownNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJinADPreturnNOUNforADPsuchDETaDETgiftNOUNasADPthisPRONitPRONisAUXonlyADVrightADJthatSCONJyouPRONshouldAUXdoVERBsomethingPRONforADPmePRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 beginnsubj
2beginbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 fearmark
4fearfearVERBVerbForm=Inf2 beginxcomp
5thatthatSCONJ_8 affectmark
6thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 affectnsubj
7maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin8 affectaux
8affectaffectVERBVerbForm=Inf4 fearccomp
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 welfaredet
10welfarewelfareNOUNNumber=Sing8 affectobj
11ofofADP_13 subjectscase
12mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 subjectsnmod:poss
13subjectssubjectNOUNNumber=Plur10 welfarenmod
14,,PUNCT_17 wishpunct
15thereforethereforeADV_17 wishadvmod
16IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 wishnsubj
17wishwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 beginparataxis
18thatthatSCONJ_23 succeedmark
19oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card23 succeednsubj
20ofofADP_21 youcase
21youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs19 onenmod
22shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin23 succeedaux
23succeedsucceedVERBVerbForm=Inf17 wishccomp
24totoADP_26 crowncase
25mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 crownnmod:poss
26crowncrownNOUNNumber=Sing23 succeedobl
27;;PUNCT_40 rightpunct
28butbutCCONJ_40 rightcc
29ininADP_30 returncase
30returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing40 rightobl
31forforADP_34 giftcase
32suchsuchDETPronType=Ind34 giftdet:predet
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 giftdet
34giftgiftNOUNNumber=Sing30 returnnmod
35asasADP_36 thiscase
36thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem34 giftnmod
37ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 rightnsubj
38isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 rightcop
39onlyonlyADV_40 rightadvmod
40rightrightADJDegree=Pos2 beginparataxis
41thatthatSCONJ_44 domark
42youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs44 donsubj
43shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin44 doaux
44dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf40 rightacl
45somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind44 doobj
46forforADP_47 mecase
47meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs44 doobl
48..PUNCT_2 beginpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beginpresentIvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2fearto-infinitiveI not said herevn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3affectmaythisthe welfare of my subjectsvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus welfare=Experiencer
4wishpresentItherefore propertyvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5succeedshouldone of youto my crownvn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6ispresentwelfarereturn for such gift as thisright propertytree rules
7doshouldyousomethingfor mevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
8crownmynom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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