The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 53

“Why, Patypata,” cried the Princess, kissing her, “that would never do; your life is as precious to me as my own, especially after such a proof of your affection as you have just given me.”

Who acts: Patypata, that, life · What happens: cry, kiss, not do, be, give, proof · To what, where: Princess, Patypata, you, affection · 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 (Patypata, that, life), 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	_	7 cried	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cried	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Patypata	punct
4	Patypata	Patypata	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cried	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Patypata	punct
6	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 Patypata	punct
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cried	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kissing	punct
11	kissing	kiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 cried	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kissing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 do	punct
14	“	"	PUNCT	_	18 do	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 do	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 do	aux
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 do	advmod
18	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cried	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 precious	punct
20	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 life	nmod:poss
21	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 precious	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 precious	cop
23	as	as	ADP	_	24 precious	case
24	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cried	conj
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 me	case
26	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 precious	obl
27	as	as	ADP	_	29 own	case
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 own	nmod:poss
29	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 precious	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 proof	punct
31	especially	especially	ADV	_	35 proof	advmod
32	after	after	ADP	_	35 proof	case
33	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	35 proof	det:predet
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 proof	det
35	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 precious	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 affection	case
37	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 affection	nmod:poss
38	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 proof	nmod
39	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 given	mark
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	43 given	nsubj:pass
41	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 given	aux
42	just	just	ADV	_	43 given	advmod
43	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 precious	parataxis
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 given	iobj
45	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct
46	”	"	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Patypata	the Princess			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Topic
2	kiss	gerund	Patypata not said here	Patypata			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
3	not do in a quote	would	that				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	your life		Patypata	as my own; precious property	tree rules
5	give in a quote	present · perfect · passive		you	Patypata		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Theme
6	proof in a quote			your affection			nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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