The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 65
But, as I suppose,” pursued she, “that you have eaten nothing to-day, a slight repast shall be served up for you, while preparations are making for our wedding feast at night, and then I will show you the apartments of my palace, and you shall judge if this hall is not the meanest part of it.”
Who acts: I, you, preparations, hall · What happens: suppose, pursue, eat, serve up, make, show · To what, where: Fairy, nothing, slight repast, apartments, you, meanest part · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, preparations, hall), 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 | _ | 8 pursued | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 But | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 suppose | mark |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 suppose | nsubj |
| 5 | suppose | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pursued | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 suppose | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 suppose | punct |
| 8 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pursued | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 served | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 served | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 eaten | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 eaten | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 eaten | aux |
| 15 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 served | advcl |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 eaten | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 day | case |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 to | punct |
| 19 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 nothing | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 eaten | punct |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 repast | det |
| 22 | slight | slight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 repast | amod |
| 23 | repast | repast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 served | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 served | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 served | aux:pass |
| 26 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 pursued | conj |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 served | compound:prt |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 you | case |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 served | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 making | punct |
| 31 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 34 making | mark |
| 32 | preparations | preparation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 making | nsubj |
| 33 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 making | aux |
| 34 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 served | advcl |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 feast | case |
| 36 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 feast | nmod:poss |
| 37 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 feast | compound |
| 38 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 making | obl |
| 39 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 night | case |
| 40 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 making | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 show | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 show | cc |
| 43 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 show | advmod |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 show | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 show | aux |
| 46 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 pursued | parataxis |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 show | iobj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 apartments | det |
| 49 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 show | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 palace | case |
| 51 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 palace | nmod:poss |
| 52 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 apartments | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 judge | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 judge | cc |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 57 judge | nsubj |
| 56 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 judge | aux |
| 57 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 show | parataxis |
| 58 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 65 part | mark |
| 59 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 60 hall | det |
| 60 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 part | nsubj |
| 61 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 part | cop |
| 62 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 65 part | advmod |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 part | det |
| 64 | meanest | mean | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 65 part | amod |
| 65 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 judge | ccomp |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 it | case |
| 67 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 part | nmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 pursued | punct |
| 69 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 pursued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose | present | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pursue in a quote | past | Fairy | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | eat | present · perfect | you | nothing | to day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | |||
| 4 | serve up | shall · passive | a slight repast | for you | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for you=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | make | present · progressive | preparations | night | for our wedding feast | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for feast=Asset | |||
| 6 | show | future | I | the apartments of my palace | you | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient apartment=Topic | ||
| 7 | judge | shall | you | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | not is a a condition, not said to happen | present | this hall | the meanest part | of repast | 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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