The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2, sentence 106
But he seized the pitcher and drank all it contained at a single draught, and then broke it to atoms on the nearest stone, saying with a malicious smile: ‘As you have not eaten anything you cannot be thirsty.’
Who acts: thought, pitcher, you · What happens: seize, drink, contain, break, say, not eat · To what, where: pitcher, single draught, nearest stone, anything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thought, pitcher, you), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 seized | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 seized | nsubj |
| 3 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pitcher | det |
| 5 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seized | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 drank | cc |
| 7 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | conj |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 contained | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 contained | nsubj |
| 10 | contained | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drank | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 draught | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 draught | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 draught | amod |
| 14 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 contained | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 broke | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 broke | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 broke | advmod |
| 18 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | conj |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 broke | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 atoms | case |
| 21 | atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 broke | obl |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 stone | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 stone | det |
| 24 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 25 stone | amod |
| 25 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 broke | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 saying | punct |
| 27 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 broke | advcl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 smile | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 smile | det |
| 30 | malicious | malicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 smile | amod |
| 31 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 saying | obl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 eaten | punct |
| 33 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 eaten | punct |
| 34 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 eaten | mark |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 eaten | nsubj |
| 36 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 eaten | aux |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 eaten | advmod |
| 38 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 seized | parataxis |
| 39 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 38 eaten | obj |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 thirsty | nsubj |
| 41 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 thirsty | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 thirsty | advmod |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 thirsty | cop |
| 44 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 eaten | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 seized | punct |
| 46 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 seized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past | thought | the pitcher | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drink | past | thought not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | contain | past | pitcher | a single draught | all property | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||
| 4 | break | past | thought not said here | pitcher | the nearest stone | then | to atoms result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to atom=Result | |
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | thought not said here | with a malicious smile | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with smile=Manner | ||||
| 6 | not eat | present · perfect | you | anything | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 7 | not is | can | you | thirsty property | tree rules |
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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