The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 51
“First, sir,” pursued the crier, presenting the ivory pipe to the Prince, “observe that this pipe is furnished with a glass at both ends; and consider that by looking through one of them you see whatever object you wish to behold.”
Who acts: sir, one, you · What happens: pursue, present, observe, furnish, consider, look · To what, where: crier, ivory pipe, Prince, pipe, ends, that
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sir, one, 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 pursued | punct |
| 2 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 pursued | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 First | punct |
| 4 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pursued | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sir | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sir | punct |
| 7 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crier | det |
| 9 | crier | crier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pursued | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 presenting | punct |
| 11 | presenting | present | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 pursued | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 pipe | det |
| 13 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pipe | compound |
| 14 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 presenting | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Prince | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 pipe | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 observe | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 observe | punct |
| 20 | observe | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 presenting | conj |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 furnished | mark |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 pipe | det |
| 23 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 furnished | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 furnished | aux:pass |
| 25 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 observe | advcl |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 glass | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 glass | det |
| 28 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 furnished | obl |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 ends | case |
| 30 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 ends | det |
| 31 | ends | end | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 furnished | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 consider | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 consider | cc |
| 34 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pursued | conj |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 consider | obj |
| 36 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 37 looking | mark |
| 37 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 consider | advcl |
| 38 | through | through | SCONJ | _ | 43 see | mark |
| 39 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 43 see | nsubj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 them | case |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 one | nmod |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 see | nsubj |
| 43 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 looking | advcl |
| 44 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 45 object | det |
| 45 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 see | obj |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 wish | nsubj |
| 47 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 object | acl:relcl |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 behold | mark |
| 49 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 47 wish | discourse |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pursued | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 pursued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past | sir | the crier | first property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crier=Theme | |||
| 2 | present | gerund | sir not said here | the ivory pipe | the Prince | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme to prince=Recipient | |||
| 3 | observe in a quote | infinitive | sir not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | furnish in a quote | present · passive | this pipe | at both ends | with a glass | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with glass=Theme | |||
| 5 | consider in a quote | infinitive | sir not said here | that | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | look in a quote | gerund | sir not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | see in a quote | present | one of Princes | whatever object | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | wish in a quote | present | you | whatever object not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot object=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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