The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 84
“Well,” said the East Wind, “I have heard tell of the Prince, and of his castle, but I do not know the way to it, for I have never blown so far; but, if you like, I will go with you to my brother the West Wind: he may know that, for he is much stronger than I am.
Who acts: East Wind, you, Wind · What happens: say, hear, not know, not blow, like, go · To what, where: tell, way, West Wind, that · 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 (East Wind, you, Wind), 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 | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Wind | det |
| 7 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Wind | compound |
| 8 | Wind | Wind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 heard | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 heard | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 heard | nsubj |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 heard | aux |
| 13 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 said | conj |
| 14 | tell | tell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heard | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Prince | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 tell | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 castle | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 castle | cc |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 castle | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 castle | nmod:poss |
| 22 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heard | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 know | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 know | cc |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 know | nsubj |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 know | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 know | advmod |
| 28 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 heard | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 way | det |
| 30 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 know | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 it | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 way | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 blown | punct |
| 34 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 38 blown | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 blown | nsubj |
| 36 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 blown | aux |
| 37 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 38 blown | advmod |
| 38 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 know | conj |
| 39 | so | so | ADV | _ | 40 far | advmod |
| 40 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 blown | advmod |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 go | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 go | cc |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 but | punct |
| 44 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 46 like | mark |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 like | nsubj |
| 46 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 go | advcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 like | punct |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 go | nsubj |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 go | aux |
| 50 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 you | case |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 go | obl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 brother | case |
| 54 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 brother | nmod:poss |
| 55 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 go | obl |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Wind | det |
| 57 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Wind | compound |
| 58 | Wind | Wind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 go | obl:unmarked |
| 59 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 62 know | punct |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 know | nsubj |
| 61 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 know | aux |
| 62 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 63 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 62 know | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 that | punct |
| 65 | for | for | ADP | _ | 69 stronger | case |
| 66 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 stronger | nsubj |
| 67 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 stronger | cop |
| 68 | much | much | ADV | _ | 69 stronger | advmod |
| 69 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 62 know | parataxis |
| 70 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 72 am | mark |
| 71 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 72 am | nsubj |
| 72 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 stronger | advcl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the East Wind | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hear in a quote | present · perfect | the East Wind = wind | tell of the Prince | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tell=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not know in a quote | present · do-support | the East Wind = wind | the way | to way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | not blow in a quote | present · perfect | the East Wind = wind | far property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 6 | go in a quote | future | the East Wind = wind | the West Wind | with you; to my brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | know in a quote | may | Wind | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | Wind | strong 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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