The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 107

Presently Suliman made a sign with his hand that the people should be silent, and said: “I have accepted the crown you have offered me, but only that I may keep it for Prince Darling, who is not dead as you suppose; the Fairy has assured me that there is still hope that you may some day see him again, good and virtuous as he was when he first came to the throne.

Who acts: Suliman, that, Prince Darling, you, Darling · What happens: make, be, say, accept, offer, keep · To what, where: sign, crown, you, Suliman, Fairy, Darling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Suliman, that, Prince Darling, you), 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	Presently	presently	ADV	_	3 made	advmod
2	Suliman	Suliman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 silent	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 people	det
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 silent	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 silent	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 silent	cop
14	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hand	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	22 accepted	punct
19	“	"	PUNCT	_	22 accepted	punct
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 accepted	nsubj
21	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 accepted	aux
22	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 said	ccomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 crown	det
24	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 accepted	obj
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 offered	nsubj:pass
26	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 offered	aux
27	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 accepted	conj
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 offered	iobj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 keep	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 keep	cc
31	only	only	ADV	_	35 keep	advmod
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 keep	mark
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 keep	nsubj
34	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 keep	aux
35	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	advcl
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 keep	obj
37	for	for	ADP	_	39 Darling	case
38	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Darling	compound
39	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 keep	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 dead	punct
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 dead	nsubj
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 dead	cop
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 dead	advmod
44	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 Darling	amod
45	as	as	SCONJ	_	47 suppose	mark
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 suppose	nsubj
47	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 dead	advcl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 assured	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Fairy	det
50	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 assured	nsubj:pass
51	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 assured	aux
52	assured	assure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 made	conj
53	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 assured	iobj
54	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 is	mark
55	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	56 is	expl
56	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 hope	advcl
57	still	still	ADV	_	58 hope	advmod
58	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 assured	parataxis
59	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 see	mark
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 see	nsubj
61	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 see	aux
62	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	63 day	det
63	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 see	obl:unmarked
64	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 hope	advcl
65	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 see	obj
66	again	again	ADV	_	64 see	advmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 good	punct
68	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 hope	conj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 virtuous	cc
70	virtuous	virtuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 good	conj
71	as	as	SCONJ	_	77 came	mark
72	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 came	nsubj
73	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 came	cop
74	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	77 came	advmod
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 came	nsubj
76	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	77 came	advmod
77	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 hope	ccomp
78	to	to	ADP	_	80 throne	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 throne	det
80	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 came	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Suliman	a sign				with Suliman's hand; presently property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product
2	is	should	that					silent property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	Suliman not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	accept in a quote	present · perfect	Suliman	the crown					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
5	offer in a quote	present · perfect · passive		you	Suliman				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal i=Theme
6	keep in a quote	may	Suliman	crown					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme darling=Attribute
7	not is in a quote	present	Prince Darling					dead property	tree rules
8	suppose in a quote	present	you						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
9	assure in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the Fairy	Suliman				vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary i=Theme
10	be in a quote	present				there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	hope in a quote	present					still		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
12	see in a quote	may	you	Darling			again; day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
13	is in a quote	past	Darling					to the throne; come, first property	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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