The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 34
Upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said Man-Mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1,724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favor.
Who acts: said Man Mountain, our · What happens: observe, say, have, drink, allowance, mark · To what, where: above articles, daily allowance, meat, favor · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (said Man Mountain, our), 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 oath | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 oath | nmod:poss |
| 3 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 oath | amod |
| 4 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 have | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 observe | mark |
| 6 | observe | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 oath | acl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 articles | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 articles | det |
| 9 | above | above | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 articles | amod |
| 10 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 observe | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 oath | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Mountain | det |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 Mountain | amod |
| 14 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Mountain | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Man | punct |
| 16 | Mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 have | nsubj |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 have | aux |
| 18 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 allowance | det |
| 20 | daily | daily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 allowance | amod |
| 21 | allowance | allowance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 have | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 meat | case |
| 23 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 allowance | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 drink | cc |
| 25 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 have | conj |
| 26 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 drink | xcomp |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 support | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 support | det |
| 29 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 drink | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 1,724 | case |
| 31 | 1,724 | 1,724 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 support | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 subjects | case |
| 33 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 34 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 1,724 | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 access | punct |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 access | case |
| 37 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 access | amod |
| 38 | access | access | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 drink | obl |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 person | case |
| 40 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 person | nmod:poss |
| 41 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 person | amod |
| 42 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 access | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 marks | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 marks | cc |
| 45 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 marks | amod |
| 46 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 have | parataxis |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 favor | case |
| 48 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 favor | nmod:poss |
| 49 | favor | favor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 marks | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | to-infinitive | the said Man Mountain not said here | all above articles | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent article=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | have | shall | the said Man Mountain | a daily allowance of meat | upon express's solemn oath | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allowance=Patient | |||
| 4 | drink | infinitive | the said Man Mountain not said here | for the support of 1,724 of our subjects; with free access to our royal person; sufficient property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | allowance | meat | nom allowance «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | mark | our favor | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | favor | our | nom favor «act transitive»: 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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