The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 51
Farewell; now I will wait by that rock, and if you need my help in carrying off your beloved Princess I will not fail you, for the Queen, her mother, is my best friend, and it was for her sake that I went to rescue you.”
Who acts: I, you, Queen, help, sake, my · What happens: wait, need, carry off, not fail, be, go · To what, where: help, beloved Princess, you, best friend
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 (I, you, Queen, help), 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 | Farewell | farewell | INTJ | _ | 6 wait | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Farewell | punct |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 wait | advmod |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 wait | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 wait | aux |
| 6 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 rock | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 rock | det |
| 9 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wait | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 fail | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 fail | cc |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 need | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 need | nsubj |
| 14 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 fail | advcl |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 help | nmod:poss |
| 16 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 need | obj |
| 17 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 18 carrying | mark |
| 18 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 need | advcl |
| 19 | off | off | ADP | _ | 18 carrying | compound:prt |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 Princess | nmod:poss |
| 21 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Princess | amod |
| 22 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 carrying | obj |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 fail | nsubj |
| 24 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 fail | aux |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 fail | advmod |
| 26 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wait | conj |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 fail | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Queen | punct |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 Queen | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Queen | det |
| 31 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 friend | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 mother | punct |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 mother | nmod:poss |
| 34 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Queen | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Queen | punct |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 friend | cop |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 friend | nmod:poss |
| 38 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 friend | amod |
| 39 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fail | parataxis |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 sake | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 sake | cc |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 sake | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 sake | cop |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 sake | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 sake | nmod:poss |
| 46 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 friend | conj |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 went | nsubj |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 went | nsubj |
| 49 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 sake | acl:relcl |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 rescue | mark |
| 51 | rescue | rescue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 went | xcomp |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 rescue | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wait | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 wait | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | future | I | now | by that rock | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by rock=Location | |||
| 2 | need a condition, not said to happen | present | you | my help | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | ||||
| 3 | carry off | gerund | you not said here | your beloved Princess | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not fail | future | I | you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the Queen | my best friend and Princess's sake | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | past | help | for Princess's sake | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | go | past | Princess's sake | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | rescue | to-infinitive | Princess's sake not said here | you | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 9 | help | my | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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