The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 128

The very moment they held their daggers at his throat he perceived me, and desired me to come and tell you the condition he is in, and that you should give me whatsoever he has of value, without retaining any one thing; for otherwise they will kill him without mercy; and, as his case is very pressing, he desired me to make use (you see I have them on) of his boots, that I might make the more haste and to show you that I do not impose upon you.”

Who acts: moment, thumb, you, value, thieves, case · What happens: hold, perceive, desire, come, tell, be · To what, where: daggers, throat, me, condition, you, value · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment, thumb, you, value), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moment	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 moment	advmod
3	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 held	nsubj
5	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 daggers	nmod:poss
7	daggers	dagger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 held	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 throat	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 throat	nmod:poss
10	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 perceived	nsubj
12	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 throat	acl:relcl
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 perceived	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 desired	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 desired	cc
16	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 held	conj
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 desired	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 come	mark
19	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 desired	xcomp
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 tell	cc
21	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 come	conj
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 tell	iobj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 condition	det
24	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 tell	obj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 in	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 in	cop
27	in	in	ADV	_	24 condition	acl:relcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 give	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 give	cc
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 give	mark
31	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 give	nsubj
32	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 give	aux
33	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 desired	parataxis
34	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 give	iobj
35	whatsoever	whatsoever	SCONJ	_	37 has	mark
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 has	nsubj
37	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 give	advcl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 value	case
39	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 has	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 retaining	punct
41	without	without	SCONJ	_	42 retaining	mark
42	retaining	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	39 value	acl
43	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	45 thing	det
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 thing	nummod
45	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 retaining	obj
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 kill	punct
47	for	for	ADP	_	48 otherwise	case
48	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	51 kill	obl
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 kill	nsubj
50	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 kill	aux
51	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 give	conj
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 kill	obj
53	without	without	ADP	_	54 mercy	case
54	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 kill	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 desired	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 desired	cc
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 and	punct
58	as	as	SCONJ	_	63 pressing	mark
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 case	nmod:poss
60	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 pressing	nsubj
61	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 pressing	aux
62	very	very	ADV	_	63 pressing	advmod
63	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	66 desired	advcl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 pressing	punct
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 desired	nsubj
66	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 held	parataxis
67	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 desired	obj
68	to	to	PART	_	69 make	mark
69	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 desired	advcl
70	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 make	obj
71	(	(	PUNCT	_	73 see	punct
72	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	73 see	nsubj
73	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 desired	conj
74	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	75 have	nsubj
75	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	73 see	ccomp
76	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 have	obj
77	on	on	ADP	_	75 have	compound:prt
78	)	)	PUNCT	_	81 boots	punct
79	of	of	ADP	_	81 boots	case
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 boots	nmod:poss
81	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 have	parataxis
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 make	punct
83	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 make	nsubj
84	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	86 make	nsubj
85	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	86 make	aux
86	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 boots	parataxis
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 haste	det
88	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	89 haste	amod
89	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 make	obj
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 show	cc
91	to	to	PART	_	92 show	mark
92	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 make	conj
93	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	92 show	iobj
94	that	that	SCONJ	_	98 impose	mark
95	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	98 impose	nsubj
96	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	98 impose	aux
97	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	98 impose	advmod
98	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 show	advcl
99	upon	upon	ADP	_	100 you	case
100	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	98 impose	obl
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct
102	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the moment	thieves's daggers		thumb's throat		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme at throat=Location
2	perceive	past	thumb	me				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
3	desire	past	the moment not said here	me				tree rules
4	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	the moment not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive	the moment not said here	the condition	you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient condition=Topic
6	is	present	thumb	the condition not said here			in property	tree rules
7	give	should	you		me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
8	have	present	thumb	value				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Patient
9	retain	gerund	value not said here	any one thing				tree rules
10	kill	future	thieves = thief	thumb			without mercy	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	press	present · progressive	thumb's case					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
12	desire	past	thumb	me				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme
13	make	to-infinitive	thumb not said here	use				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product
14	see	present	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
15	have on	present	I	thieves = thief				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
16	make	might	that	the more haste				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product
17	show	to-infinitive	that not said here		you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
18	not impose	present · do-support	I				upon you	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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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