The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 117

‘“Cut a finger off it,” said I, “and I will bring you in a young wild pig out of the forest, which you may dress as if it was the child, and put the finger in a certain place, that if the giant doubts anything about it you may know where to turn it over at the first, and when he sees it he will be fully satisfied that the pie is made of the child.”

Who acts: I, forest, finger, you, pig · What happens: cut, say, bring, dress, be, put · To what, where: finger, you, forest, certain place, anything, first · 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, forest, finger, 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	3 Cut	punct
2	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 Cut	punct
3	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 finger	det
5	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Cut	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 Cut	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Cut	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 Cut	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bring	punct
13	“	"	PUNCT	_	17 bring	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bring	cc
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 bring	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 bring	aux
17	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	conj
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 bring	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	23 pig	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 pig	det
21	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 pig	amod
22	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 pig	amod
23	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bring	obl
24	out	out	ADP	_	27 forest	case
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 forest	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 forest	det
27	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bring	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 dress	punct
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 dress	nsubj
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 dress	nsubj
31	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 dress	aux
32	dress	dress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 forest	conj
33	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	38 child	case
34	if	if	SCONJ	_	33 as	fixed
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 child	nsubj
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 child	cop
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 child	det
38	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 dress	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 put	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 put	cc
41	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 dress	conj
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 finger	det
43	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 put	obj
44	in	in	ADP	_	47 place	case
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 place	det
46	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 place	amod
47	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 put	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 know	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 know	mark
50	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 anything	mark
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 doubts	det
52	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 doubts	amod
53	doubts	doubt	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 anything	compound
54	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	59 know	obj
55	about	about	ADP	_	56 it	case
56	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 anything	nmod
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 know	nsubj
58	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 know	aux
59	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 put	conj
60	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	62 turn	advmod
61	to	to	PART	_	62 turn	mark
62	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 know	ccomp
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 turn	obj
64	over	over	ADP	_	62 turn	compound:prt
65	at	at	ADP	_	67 first	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 first	det
67	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	62 turn	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 sees	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 sees	cc
70	when	when	SCONJ	_	72 sees	mark
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 sees	nsubj
72	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 sees	obj
74	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 satisfied	nsubj
75	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 satisfied	aux
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	78 satisfied	cop
77	fully	fully	ADV	_	78 satisfied	advmod
78	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 sees	ccomp
79	that	that	SCONJ	_	83 made	mark
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 pie	det
81	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 made	nsubj:pass
82	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 made	aux:pass
83	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	78 satisfied	advcl
84	of	of	ADP	_	86 child	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 child	det
86	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 made	obl
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	78 satisfied	punct
88	”	"	PUNCT	_	72 sees	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut in a quote	infinitive		a finger		off finger	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent finger=Patient off it=Co-Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	I				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring in a quote	future	I	you	the forest	in a young wild pig	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out forest=Initial_Location
4	dress in a quote	may	the forest				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	past	finger			as the child	tree rules
6	put in a quote	infinitive	the forest not said here	the finger	a certain place		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme in place=Destination
7	know in a quote	may	you	anything		about finger	tree rules
8	turn over in a quote	to-infinitive		finger	the first		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme
9	see in a quote	present	pig	finger			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
10	is in a quote	future	pig			fully, satisfied property	tree rules
11	make in a quote	present · passive		the pie		of the child	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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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