The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 50

“I know quite well,” said the Mermaid, “that the Princess is sitting by the brook-side, just where you saw her as you passed, but as you will have many enemies to fight with before you can reach her, take this sword; armed with it you may dare any danger, and overcome the greatest difficulties, only beware of one thing--that is, never to let it fall from your hand.

Who acts: Mermaid, Princess, you, that, side · What happens: know, say, sit, see, pass, have · To what, where: Mermaid, many enemies, sword, danger, greatest difficulties, side · 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 (Mermaid, Princess, you, that), 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	_	3 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
4	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 well	advmod
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 know	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
7	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mermaid	det
10	Mermaid	Mermaid	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sitting	punct
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	17 sitting	punct
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 sitting	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Princess	det
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 sitting	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sitting	aux
17	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 said	ccomp
18	by	by	ADP	_	22 side	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 side	det
20	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 side	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 brook	punct
22	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sitting	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 saw	punct
24	just	just	ADV	_	25 where	advmod
25	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	27 saw	advmod
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 saw	nsubj
27	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sitting	parataxis
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 saw	obj
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 passed	mark
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	31 passed	nsubj
31	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 saw	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 have	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	37 have	cc
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 have	mark
35	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	37 have	nsubj
36	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 have	aux
37	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	parataxis
38	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 enemies	amod
39	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 have	obj
40	to	to	PART	_	41 fight	mark
41	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 enemies	acl
42	with	with	ADP	_	41 fight	obl
43	before	before	SCONJ	_	46 reach	mark
44	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 reach	nsubj
45	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 reach	aux
46	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 fight	advcl
47	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 reach	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 take	punct
49	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 have	conj
50	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	51 sword	det
51	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 take	obj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 armed	punct
53	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 said	parataxis
54	with	with	ADP	_	55 it	case
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 armed	obl
56	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 dare	nsubj
57	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 dare	aux
58	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	parataxis
59	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	60 danger	det
60	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 dare	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 overcome	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 overcome	cc
63	overcome	overcome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 dare	conj
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 difficulties	det
65	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	66 difficulties	amod
66	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 overcome	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 beware	punct
68	only	only	ADV	_	69 beware	advmod
69	beware	beware	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 dare	conj
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 thing	case
71	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	72 thing	nummod
72	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 beware	obl
73	--	--	PUNCT	_	75 is	punct
74	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 is	nsubj
75	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 beware	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 let	punct
77	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	79 let	advmod
78	to	to	PART	_	79 let	mark
79	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	69 beware	parataxis
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 let	obj
81	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 let	xcomp
82	from	from	ADP	_	84 hand	case
83	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 hand	nmod:poss
84	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 fall	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	the Mermaid = mermaid			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	the Mermaid				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sit in a quote	present · progressive	the Princess			by the brook side	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location
4	see in a quote	past	you	Mermaid			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5	pass in a quote	past	you				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	have in a quote	future	you	many enemies			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient
7	fight in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	many enemies not said here			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	reach in a quote	can	you	Mermaid			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme
9	take in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	this sword			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
10	dare in a quote	may	you	any danger			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Recipient
11	overcome in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	the greatest difficulties			vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot difficulty=Theme
12	beware in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			of one thing	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
13	be in a quote	present	that				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	not let in a quote	to-infinitive		side			tree rules
15	fall in a quote	infinitive	side not said here		your hand		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial_Location

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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