The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 7
Then the old King said: “Now I die comforted and in peace”; and then he went on: “After my death you must show him the whole castle, all the rooms and apartments and vaults, and all the treasures that lie in them; but you must not show him the last room in the long passage, where the picture of the Princess of the Golden Roof is hidden.
Who acts: old King, king, you, treasures, my · What happens: say, comfort, go on, show, lie, not show · To what, where: old King, whole castle, king, last room, long passage, picture · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Trusty John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old King, king, you, treasures), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 King | amod |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 7 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 comforted | punct |
| 8 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 comforted | advmod |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 comforted | nsubj |
| 10 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 comforted | aux:pass |
| 11 | comforted | comfort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 said | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 peace | cc |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 peace | case |
| 14 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comforted | conj |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 peace | punct |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 went | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 went | cc |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 went | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 went | nsubj |
| 20 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 went | compound:prt |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 show | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 show | punct |
| 24 | After | after | ADP | _ | 26 death | case |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 death | nmod:poss |
| 26 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 show | obl |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 show | nsubj |
| 28 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 show | aux |
| 29 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 show | iobj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 castle | det |
| 32 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 castle | amod |
| 33 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 show | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 rooms | punct |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 rooms | det:predet |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 rooms | det |
| 37 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 show | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 apartments | cc |
| 39 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rooms | conj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 vaults | cc |
| 41 | vaults | vault | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rooms | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 treasures | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 treasures | cc |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 treasures | det:predet |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 treasures | det |
| 46 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rooms | conj |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 lie | nsubj |
| 48 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 treasures | acl:relcl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 them | case |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 lie | obl |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 show | punct |
| 52 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 56 show | cc |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 show | nsubj |
| 54 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 show | aux |
| 55 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 56 show | advmod |
| 56 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 57 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 show | iobj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 room | det |
| 59 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 room | amod |
| 60 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 show | obj |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 passage | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 passage | det |
| 63 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 passage | amod |
| 64 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 room | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 hidden | punct |
| 66 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 77 hidden | advmod |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 picture | det |
| 68 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 Princess | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Princess | det |
| 71 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 picture | nmod |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 Roof | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 Roof | det |
| 74 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 Roof | amod |
| 75 | Roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 Princess | nmod |
| 76 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 77 hidden | aux:pass |
| 77 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 passage | acl:relcl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the old King | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | comfort in a quote | present · passive | the old King = king | now | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | go on | past | king | then | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | show in a quote | must | you | the whole castle | king | after my death | all rooms and apartments and vaults and all treasures obl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient castle=Topic | |
| 5 | lie in a quote | present | all treasures | in treasures = treasure | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in they=Location | ||||
| 6 | not show in a quote | must | you | the last room | king | the long passage | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient room=Topic | ||
| 7 | hide in a quote | present · passive | the picture of the Princess of the Golden Roof | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 8 | die in a quote | my | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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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