The Red Fairy Book, Soria Moria Castle, sentence 50
‘He won’t ask any questions about that,’ said the Princess, ‘for he will take you without leave or right; but as you will not go, try if you can wield that sword which the Troll uses in battle.’
Who acts: Halvor, Princess, you, Troll · What happens: not ask, say, take, not go, try, wield · To what, where: questions, you, sword, battle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Soria Moria Castle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Halvor, Princess, you, Troll), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 ask | aux |
| 4 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 ask | advmod |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 questions | det |
| 7 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ask | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 that | case |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 questions | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| 11 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Princess | det |
| 14 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 said | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 take | punct |
| 16 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 take | punct |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 take | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 take | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 take | aux |
| 20 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 take | obj |
| 22 | without | without | ADP | _ | 23 leave | case |
| 23 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obl |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 right | cc |
| 25 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 leave | conj |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 go | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 go | cc |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 go | mark |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 go | nsubj |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 go | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 go | advmod |
| 32 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 try | punct |
| 34 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 go | conj |
| 35 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 wield | mark |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 wield | nsubj |
| 37 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 wield | aux |
| 38 | wield | wield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 try | xcomp |
| 39 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 sword | det |
| 40 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wield | obj |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 uses | obj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Troll | det |
| 43 | Troll | troll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 uses | nsubj |
| 44 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 sword | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 battle | case |
| 46 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 uses | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 go | punct |
| 48 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | future | Halvor | any questions | about that | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Recipient about that=Topic | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take | future | Halvor | you | without leave | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | |||
| 4 | not go | future | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | try | infinitive | you not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | wield a condition, not said to happen | can | you | that sword | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 7 | use | present | the Troll | that sword | battle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
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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