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The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 4

So walking up to a great mirror, he said to it, “Trusty counsellor, let me see what I can do to make myself agreeable to the charming Fairy of the Desert; for I can think of nothing but how to please her.”

Who acts: King, Trusty counsellor · What happens: walk up, say, let, see, do, make · To what, where: great mirror, mirror, King, Fairy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Trusty counsellor), 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

advmodadvclcompound:prtcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjcaseoblpunctpunctamodnsubjpunctccompobjxcompobjnsubjauxccompmarkadvclobjxcompcasedetcompoundoblcasedetnmodpunctmarknsubjauxparataxiscaseoblccadvmodmarkconjobjpunctpunctrootSoADVwalkingVERBupADPtoADPaDETgreatADJmirrorNOUN,PUNCThePRONsaidVERBtoADPitPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTTrustyADJcounsellorNOUN,PUNCTletVERBmePRONseeVERBwhatPRONIPRONcanAUXdoVERBtoPARTmakeVERBmyselfPRONagreeableADJtoADPtheDETcharmingNOUNFairyNOUNofADPtheDETDesertPROPN;PUNCTforSCONJIPRONcanAUXthinkVERBofADPnothingPRONbutCCONJhowADVtoPARTpleaseVERBherPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_2 walkingadvmod
2walkingwalkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 saidadvcl
3upupADP_2 walkingcompound:prt
4totoADP_7 mirrorcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 mirrordet
6greatgreatADJDegree=Pos7 mirroramod
7mirrormirrorNOUNNumber=Sing2 walkingobl
8,,PUNCT_2 walkingpunct
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 saidnsubj
10saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11totoADP_12 itcase
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 saidobl
13,,PUNCT_16 counsellorpunct
14“"PUNCT_16 counsellorpunct
15TrustytrustyADJDegree=Pos16 counselloramod
16counsellorcounsellorNOUNNumber=Sing18 letnsubj
17,,PUNCT_16 counsellorpunct
18letletVERBVerbForm=Inf10 saidccomp
19meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs18 letobj
20seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf18 letxcomp
21whatwhatPRONPronType=Int24 doobj
22IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 donsubj
23cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin24 doaux
24dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf20 seeccomp
25totoPART_26 makemark
26makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf24 doadvcl
27myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes26 makeobj
28agreeableagreeableADJDegree=Pos26 makexcomp
29totoADP_32 Fairycase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Fairydet
31charmingcharmingNOUNNumber=Sing32 Fairycompound
32FairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing28 agreeableobl
33ofofADP_35 Desertcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Desertdet
35DesertDesertPROPNNumber=Sing32 Fairynmod
36;;PUNCT_40 thinkpunct
37forforSCONJ_40 thinkmark
38IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs40 thinknsubj
39cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin40 thinkaux
40thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Inf18 letparataxis
41ofofADP_42 nothingcase
42nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg40 thinkobl
43butbutCCONJ_46 pleasecc
44howhowADVPronType=Int46 pleaseadvmod
45totoPART_46 pleasemark
46pleasepleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf40 thinkconj
47hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 pleaseobj
48..PUNCT_40 thinkpunct
49”"PUNCT_18 letpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walk upgerundKing not said herea great mirrorvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to mirror=Destination
2say speech: assertpastKingmirrorvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient clause=Topic
3let in a quoteinfinitiveTrusty counsellorKingtree rules
4see in a quoteinfinitiveKing not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5do in a quotecanKingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
6make in a quoteto-infinitiveKing not said hereKingagreeable propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset myself=Product
7think speech: other in a quotecanKingof nothingvn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8please in a quoteto-infinitiveKing not said hereFairyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

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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