The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 66
“I have brought you, sir, the healthful water which your Majesty desired so much to keep among your other rarities in your treasury, but at the same time wish you such extraordinary health as never to have occasion to make use of it.”
Who acts: Paribanou, Majesty, occasion · What happens: bring, desire, keep, wish, not have, make · To what, where: you, healthful water, other rarities, such extraordinary health, occasion, use
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 (Paribanou, Majesty, occasion), 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 | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | aux |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 brought | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sir | punct |
| 7 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 water | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 10 | healthful | healthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 water | amod |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sir | appos |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 desired | obj |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 14 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 desired | nsubj |
| 15 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 water | acl:relcl |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 much | advmod |
| 17 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 desired | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 keep | mark |
| 19 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 much | acl |
| 20 | among | among | ADP | _ | 23 rarities | case |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 rarities | nmod:poss |
| 22 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 rarities | amod |
| 23 | rarities | rarity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 keep | obl |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 treasury | case |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 treasury | nmod:poss |
| 26 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rarities | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 wish | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 wish | cc |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 time | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 time | det |
| 31 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 time | amod |
| 32 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 wish | obl |
| 33 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | conj |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 wish | iobj |
| 35 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 health | amod |
| 36 | extraordinary | extraordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 health | amod |
| 37 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 wish | obj |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 have | mark |
| 39 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 41 have | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 have | mark |
| 41 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 wish | advcl |
| 42 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 have | obj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 make | mark |
| 44 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 have | xcomp |
| 45 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 make | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 it | case |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 use | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in a quote | present · perfect | Paribanou | you | sir obl | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | |||
| 2 | desire in a quote | past | your Majesty | the healthful water | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | to-infinitive | your other rarities in your treasury | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent among rarity=Location | |||||
| 4 | wish in a quote | present | Paribanou not said here | such extraordinary health | you | time | tree rules | ||
| 5 | not have in a quote | to-infinitive | Paribanou not said here | occasion | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | occasion not said here | use of use | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | ||||
| 7 | use in a quote | use | nom use «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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