The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 22
At last he replied: “Though it is with the greatest reluctance imaginable, I will not fail to ask the favor of my wife your Majesty desires, but will not promise you to obtain it; and if I should not have the honor to come again to pay you my respects that shall be the sign that I have not had success.
Who acts: father, last, Majesty, respects · What happens: reply, be, not fail, ask, desire, not promise · To what, where: last, favor, wife, you, honor, sign · 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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, last, Majesty, respects), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 replied | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 replied | nsubj |
| 4 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 fail | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fail | punct |
| 7 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 13 reluctance | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 reluctance | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 reluctance | cop |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 reluctance | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 reluctance | det |
| 12 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 reluctance | amod |
| 13 | reluctance | reluctance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fail | advcl |
| 14 | imaginable | imaginable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 reluctance | amod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 reluctance | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 fail | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 fail | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 fail | advmod |
| 19 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 replied | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 ask | mark |
| 21 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 fail | xcomp |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 favor | det |
| 23 | favor | favor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ask | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 wife | case |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 wife | nmod:poss |
| 26 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 favor | nmod |
| 27 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 desires | nsubj |
| 29 | desires | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 wife | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 promise | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 promise | cc |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 promise | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 promise | advmod |
| 34 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 fail | conj |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 promise | iobj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 obtain | mark |
| 37 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 promise | xcomp |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 obtain | obj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 have | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 have | cc |
| 41 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 45 have | mark |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 have | nsubj |
| 43 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 have | aux |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 have | advmod |
| 45 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 fail | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 honor | det |
| 47 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 have | obj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 come | mark |
| 49 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 honor | acl |
| 50 | again | again | ADV | _ | 49 come | advmod |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 pay | mark |
| 52 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 come | advcl |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 pay | obj |
| 54 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 respects | nmod:poss |
| 55 | respects | respects | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 pay | obj |
| 56 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 sign | nsubj |
| 57 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 sign | aux |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 sign | cop |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 sign | det |
| 60 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 respects | acl:relcl |
| 61 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 had | mark |
| 62 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 65 had | nsubj |
| 63 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 had | aux |
| 64 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 65 had | advmod |
| 65 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 60 sign | acl:relcl |
| 66 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 had | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | father | last | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | last | with the greatest reluctance | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not fail in a quote | future | father | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask in a quote | to-infinitive | father not said here | the favor of my wife | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | desire in a quote | present | your Majesty | my wife not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not promise speech: promise in a quote | future | father not said here | you | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | obtain not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | father not said here | favor | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Theme | ||||
| 8 | not have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | should | father | the honor | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Patient | ||||
| 9 | come in a quote | to-infinitive | father not said here | the honor not said here | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 10 | pay in a quote | to-infinitive | father not said here | you | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient respects=Asset | ||||
| 11 | is a in a quote | shall | my respects | the sign | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | not have in a quote | present · perfect | father | success | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Patient | ||||
| 13 | favor in a quote | my wife | nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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