The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 2, sentence 5
Of course I know you are not a prince, but I shall be just as fond of you as if you were, and we can go and live in some cosy little corner of the world, and be as happy as the days are long.’
Who acts: I, you, days · What happens: know, not be, be, go, live · To what, where: prince, cosy little corner · 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 (I, you, days), 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 | Of | of | ADP | ExtPos=ADV | 4 know | advmod |
| 2 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Of | fixed |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fond | advcl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 prince | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 prince | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 prince | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 fond | cc |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 fond | nsubj |
| 13 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 fond | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fond | cop |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 fond | advmod |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 fond | case |
| 17 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 you | case |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 fond | obl |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 go | mark |
| 21 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 go | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 go | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 go | aux |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 go | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 go | cc |
| 26 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 go | nsubj |
| 27 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 go | aux |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fond | advcl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 live | cc |
| 30 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 go | conj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 corner | case |
| 32 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 35 corner | nsubj |
| 33 | cosy | cosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 corner | amod |
| 34 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 corner | amod |
| 35 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 live | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 world | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 world | det |
| 38 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 corner | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 happy | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 happy | cc |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 happy | cop |
| 42 | as | as | ADV | _ | 43 happy | advmod |
| 43 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 go | parataxis |
| 44 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 48 long | mark |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 days | det |
| 46 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 long | nsubj |
| 47 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 long | cop |
| 48 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 happy | advcl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 fond | punct |
| 50 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 fond | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | you | a prince | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | shall | I | of you; fond property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | can · past | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | live | infinitive | you not said here | cosy little corner of the world | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Location | ||||
| 6 | is | infinitive | happy property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | is | present | the days | long 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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