The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 42

I have never seen the sun, or the stars, or a horse, or a monkey, or a lion, except in pictures, and though the King and Queen tell me I am to be set free when I am twenty, I believe they only say it to keep me amused, when they never mean to let me out at all.’

Who acts: I, King, free twenty · What happens: not see, tell, be, believe, say, keep · To what, where: sun, me, free twenty, all · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, King, free twenty), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 seen	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stars	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 stars	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stars	det
10	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 horse	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 horse	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 horse	det
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 monkey	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 monkey	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 monkey	det
18	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 lion	punct
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 lion	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 lion	det
22	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 pictures	punct
24	except	except	ADP	_	26 pictures	case
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 pictures	case
26	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 tell	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 tell	cc
29	though	though	SCONJ	_	34 tell	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 King	det
31	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 tell	nsubj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 Queen	cc
33	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 King	conj
34	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	parataxis
35	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 tell	iobj
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 am	nsubj
37	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 tell	ccomp
38	to	to	PART	_	40 set	mark
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 set	cop
40	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 am	advcl
41	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 twenty	amod
42	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	45 twenty	advmod
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 twenty	nsubj
44	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 twenty	cop
45	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 believe	nsubj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 twenty	punct
47	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 believe	nsubj
48	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 set	parataxis
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 say	nsubj
50	only	only	ADV	_	51 say	advmod
51	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 believe	ccomp
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 say	obj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 keep	mark
54	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 say	advcl
55	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 keep	obj
56	amused	amused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 keep	xcomp
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 mean	punct
58	when	when	SCONJ	_	61 mean	mark
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 mean	nsubj
60	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	61 mean	advmod
61	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 say	conj
62	to	to	PART	_	63 let	mark
63	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 mean	xcomp
64	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 let	obj
65	out	out	ADP	_	63 let	compound:prt
66	at	at	ADP	_	67 all	case
67	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 let	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seen	punct
69	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 seen	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not see	present · perfect	I	the sun			except pictures; the stars obl; a monkey obl; a lion obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	present	the King and Queen		me			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
3	is	to-infinitive	the King and Queen not said here				set property	tree rules
4	is a	present	I	free twenty				tree rules
5	believe	present	free twenty					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	say speech: assert	present	King	sun				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
7	keep	to-infinitive	King not said here	me			amused property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
8	not mean	present	King					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	let out not said to happen	to-infinitive	King not said here	me		all		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme at all=Asset

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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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