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The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 52

“Madam,” she said, “I offer you my life; let me be killed, I shall be only too happy to die for such a kind mistress.”

Who acts: Miranda · What happens: say, offer, let, kill, be, die · To what, where: life, you, Miranda · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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 (Miranda), 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

punctccomppunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompobjnmod:possobjpunctccompobjaux:passxcomppunctnsubjauxcopadvmodadvmodparataxismarkxcompcasedet:predetdetamodoblpunctpunctroot“PUNCTMadamNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONofferVERByouPRONmyPRONlifeNOUN;PUNCTletVERBmePRONbeAUXkilledVERB,PUNCTIPRONshallAUXbeAUXonlyADVtooADVhappyADJtoPARTdieVERBforADPsuchDETaDETkindADJmistressNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_2 Madampunct
2MadammadamNOUNNumber=Sing6 saidccomp
3,,PUNCT_2 Madampunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Madampunct
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saidnsubj
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7,,PUNCT_10 offerpunct
8“"PUNCT_10 offerpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 offernsubj
10offerofferVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 saidccomp
11youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs10 offerobj
12mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 lifenmod:poss
13lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing10 offerobj
14;;PUNCT_15 letpunct
15letletVERBVerbForm=Inf6 saidccomp
16meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 letobj
17bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf18 killedaux:pass
18killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 letxcomp
19,,PUNCT_25 happypunct
20IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 happynsubj
21shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin25 happyaux
22bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 happycop
23onlyonlyADV_25 happyadvmod
24tootooADV_25 happyadvmod
25happyhappyADJDegree=Pos15 letparataxis
26totoPART_27 diemark
27diedieVERBVerbForm=Inf25 happyxcomp
28forforADP_32 mistresscase
29suchsuchDETPronType=Ind32 mistressdet:predet
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 mistressdet
31kindkindADJDegree=Pos32 mistressamod
32mistressmistressNOUNNumber=Sing27 dieobl
33..PUNCT_15 letpunct
34”"PUNCT_15 letpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastMirandavn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2offer in a quotepresentMirandamy lifeyouvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal life=Theme
3let in a quoteinfinitiveMirandatree rules
4kill in a quoteinfinitive · passiveMiranda not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
5is in a quoteshallMirandahappy propertytree rules
6die in a quoteto-infinitiveMiranda not said herefor such kind mistressvn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for mistress=Theme

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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