The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 34
Accordingly, the next time I had the honor to see our Emperor I desired his general permission to visit the Blefuscudian monarch.
Who acts: I, honor, Emperor · What happens: have, see, desire, visit, permit · To what, where: honor, Emperor, general permission, Blefuscudian 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 (I, honor, Emperor), 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 | Accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 7 had | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Accordingly | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 honor | det |
| 9 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 had | xcomp |
| 12 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 Emperor | nmod:poss |
| 13 | Emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 desired | nsubj |
| 15 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 Emperor | acl:relcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 permission | nmod:poss |
| 17 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 permission | amod |
| 18 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 desired | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 visit | mark |
| 20 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 desired | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 monarch | det |
| 22 | Blefuscudian | blefuscudian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 monarch | amod |
| 23 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 visit | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | I | the honor | time | accordingly property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the honor not said here | our Emperor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | desire | past | I | Emperor's general permission | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot permission=Theme | ||||
| 4 | visit | to-infinitive | I not said here | the Blefuscudian monarch | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monarch=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | permit | Emperor | nom permission «communication 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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