The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter V, sentence 9
But that both their Majesties would soon be made easy; for I had found a prodigious vessel on the shore, able to carry me on the sea, which he had given orders to fit up; and he hoped in a few weeks both empires would be free from me.
Who acts: I, prodigious vessel, Emperor, empires · What happens: make, find, carry, give, fit up, hope · To what, where: Majesties, prodigious vessel, shore, me, sea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter V. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, prodigious vessel, Emperor, empires), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 made | cc |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 both | nsubj |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 Majesties | det:predet |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 Majesties | nmod:poss |
| 5 | Majesties | majesty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 made | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 made | xcomp |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 found | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 found | mark |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 found | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 found | aux |
| 15 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 made | parataxis |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 vessel | det |
| 17 | prodigious | prodigious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 vessel | amod |
| 18 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 found | obj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 shore | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 shore | det |
| 21 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 vessel | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 able | punct |
| 23 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 vessel | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 carry | mark |
| 25 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 able | xcomp |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 carry | obj |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 sea | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 sea | det |
| 29 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 carry | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 given | punct |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 given | nsubj |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 given | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 given | aux |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 sea | acl:relcl |
| 35 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 given | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 fit | mark |
| 37 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 given | advcl |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 fit | compound:prt |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 hoped | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 hoped | cc |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 hoped | nsubj |
| 42 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | parataxis |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 weeks | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 weeks | det |
| 45 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 weeks | amod |
| 46 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 hoped | obl |
| 47 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 empires | det |
| 48 | empires | empire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 free | nsubj |
| 49 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 free | aux |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 free | cop |
| 51 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 hoped | ccomp |
| 52 | from | from | ADP | _ | 53 me | case |
| 53 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 free | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would · passive | offices's Majesties | easy, soon property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | find | past · perfect | I | a prodigious vessel | the shore | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Topic | |||
| 3 | carry | to-infinitive | a prodigious vessel not said here | me | the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 4 | give | past · perfect · passive | the sea | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient order=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fit up | to-infinitive | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | hope | past | Emperor | week | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 7 | is | would | both empires | from me; free property | tree rules |
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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