The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 53
In three days your friend the secretary will come to your house and read the accusation before you, and point out the great mercy of his Majesty, that only condemns you to the loss of your eyes--which, he does not doubt, you will submit to humbly and gratefully.
Who acts: three days, great mercy, secretary, you · What happens: come, read, point out, condemn, not doubt, submit · To what, where: house, accusation, great mercy, you, loss
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 (three days, great mercy, secretary, you), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 days | nummod |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 days | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 secretary | det |
| 7 | secretary | secretary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | aux |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 house | nmod:poss |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 read | cc |
| 14 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 come | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 accusation | det |
| 16 | accusation | accusation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 read | obj |
| 17 | before | before | ADP | _ | 18 you | case |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 read | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 point | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 point | cc |
| 21 | point | point | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | parataxis |
| 22 | out | out | ADP | _ | 21 point | compound:prt |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 mercy | det |
| 24 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 mercy | amod |
| 25 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 point | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Majesty | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 mercy | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 condemns | punct |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 condemns | nsubj |
| 31 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 condemns | advmod |
| 32 | condemns | condemn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 mercy | acl:relcl |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 condemns | obj |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 loss | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 loss | det |
| 36 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 condemns | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 eyes | case |
| 38 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 loss | nmod |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 46 doubt | punct |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 doubt | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 which | punct |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 doubt | nsubj |
| 44 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 doubt | aux |
| 45 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 doubt | advmod |
| 46 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 loss | parataxis |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 submit | punct |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 submit | nsubj |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 submit | aux |
| 50 | submit | submit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 point | conj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 humbly | case |
| 52 | humbly | humbly | ADV | _ | 50 submit | obl |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 gratefully | cc |
| 54 | gratefully | gratefully | ADV | _ | 52 humbly | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | future | three days | your house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | read | infinitive | three days not said here | the accusation | before you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accusation=Topic | |||
| 3 | point out | infinitive | the great mercy of secretary's Majesty | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient | |||||
| 4 | condemn | present | the great mercy of secretary's Majesty | you | to the loss of your eyes | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 5 | not doubt | present · do-support | secretary | the loss of your eyes | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | ||||
| 6 | submit | future | you | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to humbly=Theme |
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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