The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 26

“There might be a cure for that,” said the White Bear, “if you would but promise me never to talk with your mother alone, but only when the others are there too; for she will take hold of your hand,” he said, “and will want to lead you into a room to talk with you alone; but that you must by no means do, or you will bring great misery on both of us.”

Who acts: cure, others, bear, you · What happens: be, say, promise, not talk, take, want · To what, where: cure, hold, you, room, great misery, both · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cure, others, bear, 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
2	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 be	expl
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 cure	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cure	det
6	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 that	case
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 cure	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
10	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 cure	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Bear	det
13	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Bear	amod
14	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 promise	punct
16	“	"	PUNCT	_	21 promise	punct
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 would	mark
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 would	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 promise	aux
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 promise	cc
21	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	conj
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 promise	iobj
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	25 talk	advmod
24	to	to	PART	_	25 talk	mark
25	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 promise	xcomp
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 mother	case
27	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 mother	nmod:poss
28	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 talk	obl
29	alone	alone	ADV	_	25 talk	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 there	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	37 there	cc
32	only	only	ADV	_	37 there	advmod
33	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 there	advmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 others	det
35	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 there	nsubj
36	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 there	cop
37	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 said	parataxis
38	too	too	ADV	_	37 there	advmod
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 take	punct
40	for	for	SCONJ	_	43 take	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 take	nsubj
42	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 take	aux
43	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	parataxis
44	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 take	obj
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 hand	case
46	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 hand	nmod:poss
47	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 hold	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 take	punct
49	”	"	PUNCT	_	43 take	punct
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 said	nsubj
51	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	parataxis
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 want	punct
53	“	"	PUNCT	_	56 want	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 want	cc
55	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 want	aux
56	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 said	ccomp
57	to	to	PART	_	58 lead	mark
58	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 want	xcomp
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 lead	obj
60	into	into	ADP	_	62 room	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 room	det
62	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 lead	obl
63	to	to	PART	_	64 talk	mark
64	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 lead	advcl
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 you	case
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 talk	obl
67	alone	alone	ADV	_	64 talk	advmod
68	;	;	PUNCT	_	75 means	punct
69	but	but	CCONJ	_	75 means	cc
70	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 must	mark
71	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	72 must	nsubj
72	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 means	aux
73	by	by	ADP	_	74 no	case
74	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	72 must	obl
75	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
76	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 means	ccomp
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 bring	punct
78	or	or	CCONJ	_	81 bring	cc
79	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	81 bring	nsubj
80	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 bring	aux
81	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 means	conj
82	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 misery	amod
83	misery	misery	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 bring	obj
84	on	on	ADP	_	85 both	case
85	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	81 bring	obl
86	of	of	ADP	_	87 us	case
87	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	85 both	nmod
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	75 means	punct
89	”	"	PUNCT	_	75 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	infinitive		a cure			for that	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	a cure					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	promise speech: promise in a quote	would	a cure not said here		a cure = cure			vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	not talk not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	a cure not said here				with your mother; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mother=Co-Agent
5	is in a quote	present	the others				there property	tree rules
6	take in a quote	future	cure	hold of your hand				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
7	say speech: assert	past	bear					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	want in a quote	future						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	lead not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive		you		a room		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme into room=Destination
10	talk in a quote	to-infinitive					with you; alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent
11	mean in a quote	must						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	do in a quote	infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	bring in a quote	future	you	great misery		both		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent misery=Theme on both=Destination
14	hold in a quote			your hand				nom hold «act 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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