The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1, sentence 59
Look at this beautiful portrait, the original of which was the cause of all my misfortunes, and if you wish to help me, go without a moment’s delay to the great gallery, notice where the sun’s rays fall most brightly, and if you seek there you will find my treasure.’
Who acts: you, original, rays, sun, my · What happens: look, be, wish, help, go, notice · To what, where: cause, me, treasure
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, 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 (you, original, rays, sun), 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 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 portrait | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 portrait | det |
| 4 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 portrait | amod |
| 5 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 original | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 original | det |
| 8 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 portrait | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 cause | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cause | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cause | det |
| 13 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 original | acl:relcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 misfortunes | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 misfortunes | det:predet |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 misfortunes | nmod:poss |
| 17 | misfortunes | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 cause | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 go | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 go | cc |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 22 wish | mark |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 wish | nsubj |
| 22 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 go | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 help | mark |
| 24 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 wish | xcomp |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 help | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wish | punct |
| 27 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | parataxis |
| 28 | without | without | ADP | _ | 32 delay | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 moment | det |
| 30 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 delay | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 30 moment | case |
| 32 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 go | obl |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 gallery | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 gallery | det |
| 35 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 gallery | amod |
| 36 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 delay | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 notice | punct |
| 38 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 27 go | conj |
| 39 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 fall | advmod |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sun | det |
| 41 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 rays | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 41 sun | case |
| 43 | rays | ray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 fall | nsubj |
| 44 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 notice | advcl |
| 45 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 46 brightly | advmod |
| 46 | brightly | brightly | ADV | _ | 44 fall | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 find | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 find | cc |
| 49 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 51 seek | mark |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 seek | nsubj |
| 51 | seek | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 find | advcl |
| 52 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 seek | advmod |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 find | nsubj |
| 54 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 find | aux |
| 55 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Look | conj |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 treasure | nmod:poss |
| 57 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 find | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Look | punct |
| 59 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 1 Look | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at this beautiful portrait | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at portrait=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the original | the cause | of my misfortunes | tree rules | |||
| 3 | wish a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | go | infinitive | without a moment's delay to the great gallery | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | notice | infinitive | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | fall | present | the sun's rays | brightly property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | seek a condition, not said to happen | present | you | there | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | find | future | you | my treasure | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic | ||||
| 10 | ray | the sun | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | treasure | my | nom treasure «possession 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 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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