The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 6
Now, as I think of retiring into the country, it seems to me that a pretty, lively, faithful little dog would be very good company for me; so, without any regard for your ages, I promise that the one who brings me the most beautiful little dog shall succeed me at once.”
Who acts: I, it, faithful little dog, one · What happens: think, retire, seem, be, promise, bring · To what, where: country, me, pretty good company, beautiful little dog · 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, it, faithful little dog, one), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 seems | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 think | mark |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 think | nsubj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 seems | advcl |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 retiring | mark |
| 7 | retiring | retire | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 think | advcl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 retiring | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 seems | nsubj |
| 13 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 me | case |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 seems | obl |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 company | mark |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 company | det |
| 18 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 company | amod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 lively | punct |
| 20 | lively | lively | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 pretty | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 pretty | punct |
| 22 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dog | amod |
| 23 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dog | amod |
| 24 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 company | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 company | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 company | cop |
| 27 | very | very | ADV | _ | 28 good | advmod |
| 28 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 company | amod |
| 29 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 seems | xcomp |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 me | case |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 company | nmod |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 regard | punct |
| 33 | so | so | ADV | _ | 37 regard | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 regard | punct |
| 35 | without | without | ADP | _ | 37 regard | case |
| 36 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 regard | det |
| 37 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 seems | parataxis |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 ages | case |
| 39 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 ages | nmod:poss |
| 40 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 regard | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 promise | punct |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 promise | nsubj |
| 43 | promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 regard | conj |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 succeed | mark |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 one | det |
| 46 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 succeed | nsubj |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 brings | nsubj |
| 48 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 one | acl:relcl |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 brings | obj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 dog | det |
| 51 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 52 beautiful | advmod |
| 52 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 dog | amod |
| 53 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 dog | amod |
| 54 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 brings | obj |
| 55 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 succeed | aux |
| 56 | succeed | succeed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 promise | ccomp |
| 57 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 succeed | obj |
| 58 | at | at | ADP | _ | 59 once | case |
| 59 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 56 succeed | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 regard | punct |
| 61 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 regard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | I | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | retire | gerund | I not said here | the country | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | seem | present | it | me | now | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | is a | would | faithful little dog | a pretty good company | for me | tree rules | |||
| 5 | promise speech: promise | present | I | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | bring | present | the one | the beautiful little dog | me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination dog=Theme | |||
| 7 | succeed | shall | the one | me | tree rules |
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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