The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 135
‘My lord and master,’ says an old woman that was listening all the time, ‘that story is but too true, as I well know, for I am the very woman that was in the giant’s castle, and you, my lord, the child that I was to make into a pie; and this is the very man that saved your life, which you may know by the want of your finger that was taken off, as you have heard, to deceive the giant.’
Who acts: lord, old woman, I, that, this, man · What happens: say, listen, be, know, save, take off · To what, where: woman, castle, pie, man, life, finger · 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 (lord, old woman, I, that), 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 | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 lord | nmod:poss |
| 3 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 master | cc |
| 5 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lord | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 lord | punct |
| 7 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 woman | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 woman | amod |
| 11 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 listening | nsubj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 listening | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 listening | aux |
| 14 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 says | ccomp |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 time | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 time | det |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 listening | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 true | punct |
| 19 | ‘ | ‘ | ADP | _ | 21 story | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 story | det |
| 21 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 true | obl |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 true | cop |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 true | cc |
| 24 | too | too | ADV | _ | 25 true | advmod |
| 25 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 listening | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 know | punct |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 know | mark |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 know | nsubj |
| 29 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 know | advmod |
| 30 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 listening | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 woman | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 37 woman | mark |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 woman | nsubj |
| 34 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 woman | cop |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 woman | det |
| 36 | very | very | ADV | _ | 37 woman | advmod |
| 37 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 know | ccomp |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 castle | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 castle | cop |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 castle | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 giant | det |
| 42 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 castle | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 42 giant | case |
| 44 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 woman | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 you | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 you | cc |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 says | ccomp |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 lord | punct |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 lord | nmod:poss |
| 50 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 you | appos |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 child | punct |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 child | det |
| 53 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 lord | conj |
| 54 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 make | mark |
| 55 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 make | nsubj |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 make | cop |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 make | mark |
| 58 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 child | acl |
| 59 | into | into | ADP | _ | 61 pie | case |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 pie | det |
| 61 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 make | obl |
| 62 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 man | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 man | cc |
| 64 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 68 man | nsubj |
| 65 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 man | cop |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 man | det |
| 67 | very | very | ADV | _ | 68 man | advmod |
| 68 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | ccomp |
| 69 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 70 saved | nsubj |
| 70 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 68 man | acl:relcl |
| 71 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 life | nmod:poss |
| 72 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 saved | obj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 know | punct |
| 74 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 77 know | nsubj |
| 75 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 77 know | nsubj |
| 76 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 77 know | aux |
| 77 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 man | conj |
| 78 | by | by | ADP | _ | 80 want | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 want | det |
| 80 | want | want | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 know | obl |
| 81 | of | of | ADP | _ | 83 finger | case |
| 82 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 83 finger | nmod:poss |
| 83 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 want | nmod |
| 84 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 86 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 85 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 86 taken | aux:pass |
| 86 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 83 finger | acl:relcl |
| 87 | off | off | ADP | _ | 86 taken | compound:prt |
| 88 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 heard | punct |
| 89 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 92 heard | mark |
| 90 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 92 heard | nsubj |
| 91 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 92 heard | aux |
| 92 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 77 know | parataxis |
| 93 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 95 deceive | punct |
| 94 | to | to | PART | _ | 95 deceive | mark |
| 95 | deceive | deceive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 92 heard | parataxis |
| 96 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 97 giant | det |
| 97 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 95 deceive | obj |
| 98 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 99 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My lord and master | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | listen | past · progressive | a old woman | time | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | ‘ that story; true property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | know | present | I | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | I | the woman and the giant's castle | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | past | that | the giant's castle | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is | past | I | a pie | make property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | is a | present | this | the man | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | save | past | the man | your life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 10 | know | may | the man | by the want of your finger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 11 | take off | past · passive | your finger | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 12 | hear | present · perfect | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 13 | deceive | to-infinitive | the giant | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient | |||||
| 14 | want | your finger | nom want «state transitive»: of=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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