The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 93
“Time will show, madam,” replied the King; “but if you wish to convince me that you have some regard for me, do not, I beg of you, refuse to aid Bellissima.”
Who acts: Time, King, you · What happens: show, reply, wish, convince, have, not do · To what, where: madam, King, regard, Bellissima · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, 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 (Time, King, 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 | _ | 4 show | punct |
| 2 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 replied | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 madam | punct |
| 6 | madam | madam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| 9 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 replied | nsubj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 wish | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 wish | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 wish | cc |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 wish | mark |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 wish | nsubj |
| 17 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 replied | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 convince | mark |
| 19 | convince | convince | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 wish | xcomp |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 convince | iobj |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 have | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 have | nsubj |
| 23 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 do | advcl |
| 24 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 regard | det |
| 25 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 have | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 regard | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 have | punct |
| 29 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 convince | parataxis |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 do | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 beg | punct |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 beg | nsubj |
| 33 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 replied | parataxis |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 you | case |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 beg | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 refuse | punct |
| 37 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 33 beg | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 aid | mark |
| 39 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 refuse | xcomp |
| 40 | Bellissima | Bellissima | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 aid | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show in a quote | future | Time | madam | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent madam=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | wish a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | convince not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | the King = king | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | you | some regard | for the King = king | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Patient | |||
| 6 | not do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | beg speech: request in a quote | present | the King = king | of you | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | refuse in a quote | infinitive | the King = king not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 9 | not aid in a quote | to-infinitive | the King = king not said here | Bellissima | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bellissima=Beneficiary |
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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