The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 105
‘Well, my brave fellow,’ says the Knight of the Glen, ‘I see you have come through many dangers: you have freed these two princes by your stories; but I am sorry myself that this young prince has to suffer for all.
Who acts: I, you, stories, young prince · What happens: say, see, come, free, be, have · To what, where: Knight, many dangers, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. 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, stories, young prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 2 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 9 says | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Well | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fellow | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fellow | amod |
| 6 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | parataxis |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fellow | punct |
| 8 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Knight | det |
| 11 | Knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Glen | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Glen | det |
| 14 | Glen | Glen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Knight | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 16 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 see | nsubj |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | conj |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 come | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 come | aux |
| 21 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 see | ccomp |
| 22 | through | through | ADP | _ | 24 dangers | case |
| 23 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dangers | amod |
| 24 | dangers | danger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 come | obl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 freed | punct |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 freed | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 freed | aux |
| 28 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 come | conj |
| 29 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 31 princes | det |
| 30 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 princes | nummod |
| 31 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 freed | obj |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 stories | case |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 stories | nmod:poss |
| 34 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 freed | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 sorry | punct |
| 36 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 sorry | cc |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 sorry | nsubj |
| 38 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 sorry | cop |
| 39 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 says | ccomp |
| 40 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 sorry | obl |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 has | mark |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 prince | det |
| 43 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 prince | amod |
| 44 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 has | nsubj |
| 45 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 sorry | advcl |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 suffer | mark |
| 47 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 has | xcomp |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 all | case |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 47 suffer | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Knight of the Glen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent knight=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | come | present · perfect | you | many dangers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through danger=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | free | present · perfect · passive | your stories | you | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | present | I | myself obl; sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have | present | this young prince | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | suffer | to-infinitive | this young prince not said here | for all | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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