The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 32
Now,’ says the hen-wife, ‘you must make a bargain, that if you win they must do whatever you command them, and if they win, that you must do whatever they command you to do; this bargain must be made before the assembly, and here is a pack of cards,’ says she, ‘that I am thinking you will not lose by.’
Who acts: you, sons, pack, I · What happens: say, make, win, do, command, be · To what, where: hen wife, bargain, whatever, sons, you, wife · 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 (you, sons, pack, I), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 says | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wife | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 hen | punct |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 make | punct |
| 10 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 make | punct |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 make | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 make | aux |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bargain | det |
| 15 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 do | punct |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 do | mark |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 win | mark |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 win | nsubj |
| 20 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 do | advcl |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 do | nsubj |
| 22 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 do | aux |
| 23 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 make | conj |
| 24 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 do | obj |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 command | nsubj |
| 26 | command | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 command | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 do | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 do | cc |
| 30 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 win | mark |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 win | nsubj |
| 32 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 do | advcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 win | punct |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 do | mark |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 do | nsubj |
| 36 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 do | aux |
| 37 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 make | conj |
| 38 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 do | obj |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 command | nsubj |
| 40 | command | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 command | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 do | mark |
| 43 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 command | xcomp |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 made | punct |
| 45 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 bargain | det |
| 46 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 made | aux |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 made | aux:pass |
| 49 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | parataxis |
| 50 | before | before | ADP | _ | 52 assembly | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 assembly | det |
| 52 | assembly | assembly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 here | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 here | cc |
| 55 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 49 made | advmod |
| 56 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 here | cop |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 pack | det |
| 58 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 here | nsubj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 cards | case |
| 60 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 pack | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 says | punct |
| 62 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 says | punct |
| 63 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 made | parataxis |
| 64 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 says | obj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 thinking | punct |
| 66 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 70 thinking | punct |
| 67 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 70 thinking | mark |
| 68 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 thinking | nsubj |
| 69 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 thinking | aux |
| 70 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 63 says | advcl |
| 71 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 74 lose | nsubj |
| 72 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 74 lose | aux |
| 73 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 74 lose | advmod |
| 74 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 thinking | ccomp |
| 75 | by | by | ADP | _ | 74 lose | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 77 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the hen wife | now | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | must | you | a bargain | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Product | ||||
| 3 | win a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | do | must | sons = son | whatever | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | command | present | you | sons = son | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | win a condition, not said to happen | present | sons = son | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | do | must | you | whatever | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | command | present | sons = son | you | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | sons = son not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | make | must · passive | this bargain | before the assembly | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 11 | is | present | a pack of cards | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | say speech: assert | present | wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | |||||
| 13 | think speech: other | present · progressive | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 14 | not lose | future | you | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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