The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 27
His Majesty desired that I would take some opportunity to bring all the rest of his enemy’s ships into his ports, and seemed to think of nothing less than conquering the whole Empire of Blefuscu, and becoming the sole monarch of the world.
Who acts: Majesty, I · What happens: desire, take, bring, seem, think, conquer · To what, where: opportunity, rest, ports, whole Empire, sole monarch
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Majesty, I), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 2 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 desired | nsubj |
| 3 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 take | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 take | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 desired | ccomp |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 opportunity | det |
| 9 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 bring | mark |
| 11 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 opportunity | acl |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 rest | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 rest | det |
| 14 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bring | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 ships | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 17 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ships | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 enemy | case |
| 19 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 rest | nmod |
| 20 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 ports | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 ports | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ports | port | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 bring | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 seemed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 seemed | cc |
| 25 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 desired | parataxis |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 think | mark |
| 27 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 seemed | xcomp |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 nothing | case |
| 29 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 27 think | obl |
| 30 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 nothing | amod |
| 31 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 32 conquering | mark |
| 32 | conquering | conquer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 less | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Empire | det |
| 34 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 Empire | amod |
| 35 | Empire | Empire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 conquering | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Blefuscu | case |
| 37 | Blefuscu | Blefuscu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Empire | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 becoming | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 becoming | cc |
| 40 | becoming | become | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 seemed | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 monarch | det |
| 42 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 monarch | amod |
| 43 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 becoming | xcomp |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 world | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 world | det |
| 46 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 monarch | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 desired | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desire | past | Emperor's Majesty | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | would | I | some opportunity | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | I not said here | all rest of Emperor's enemy's ships | Emperor's ports | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rest=Theme into port=Destination | |||
| 4 | seem | past | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||||
| 5 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | conquer | gerund | the whole Empire of Blefuscu | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empire=Patient | |||||
| 7 | become | gerund | the sole monarch of the world | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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