The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 31
Then the Fairy sent for her treasurer, to whom, when she came, she said: “Nourgihan”--which was her name--“bring me the largest pavilion in my treasury.”
Who acts: Fairy, matter, Nourgihan · What happens: send, come, say, be, bring · To what, where: name, largest pavilion, matter, treasury · 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 (Fairy, matter, Nourgihan), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 sent | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Fairy | det |
| 3 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 treasurer | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 treasurer | nmod:poss |
| 7 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 whom | punct |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 whom | case |
| 10 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 sent | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 came | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 came | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 came | nsubj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 whom | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | nsubj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | conj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 Nourgihan | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Nourgihan | punct |
| 20 | Nourgihan | Nourgihan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 said | nsubj |
| 21 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Nourgihan | punct |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 26 name | punct |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 name | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 name | cop |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 name | nmod:poss |
| 26 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Nourgihan | appos |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 bring | punct |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 bring | punct |
| 29 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 said | ccomp |
| 30 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 bring | obj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 pavilion | det |
| 32 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 33 pavilion | amod |
| 33 | pavilion | pavilion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bring | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 treasury | case |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 treasury | nmod:poss |
| 36 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bring | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 bring | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the Fairy | then | for matter's treasurer | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to whom=Destination | |||
| 2 | come | past | matter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | matter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | Nourgihan | matter's name | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bring in a quote | infinitive | the largest pavilion | matter | my treasury | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination pavilion=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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