The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 76

‘I know that,’ said the man; ‘your real father was sold at Hamburg last Michaelmas, and your real mother died while calving in spring; but my wife and I have adopted you as our own, and you are our only heir, so you must call me “Father.”’

Who acts: I, man, real mother, you · What happens: know, say, sell, die, calve, adopt · To what, where: real father, Hamburg, wife, only heir, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, man, real mother, 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 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 that	punct
6	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 know	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 sold	punct
11	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 sold	punct
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 father	amod
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sold	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sold	aux:pass
16	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 said	ccomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 Hamburg	case
18	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sold	obl
19	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Michaelmas	amod
20	Michaelmas	Michaelmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sold	obl:unmarked
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 died	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 died	cc
23	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 mother	nmod:poss
24	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 mother	amod
25	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 died	nsubj
26	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
27	while	while	SCONJ	_	28 calving	mark
28	calving	calve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 died	advcl
29	in	in	ADP	_	30 spring	case
30	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 calving	obl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 adopted	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 adopted	cc
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 wife	nmod:poss
34	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 adopted	nsubj:pass
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 I	cc
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 wife	conj
37	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 adopted	aux
38	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 know	conj
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 adopted	obj
40	as	as	ADP	_	42 own	case
41	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 own	nmod:poss
42	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 adopted	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 heir	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 heir	cc
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 heir	nsubj
46	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 heir	cop
47	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 heir	nmod:poss
48	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 heir	amod
49	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 adopted	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 call	punct
51	so	so	ADV	_	54 call	advmod
52	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	54 call	nsubj
53	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 call	aux
54	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 know	parataxis
55	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 call	obj
56	“	"	PUNCT	_	57 Father	punct
57	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 call	xcomp
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	57 Father	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	57 Father	punct
60	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	the man						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sell	past · passive		your real father		Hamburg		last Michaelmas obl:unmarked	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at hamburg=Asset
4	die	past	your real mother						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	calve	gerund	your real mother not said here				spring		vn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	adopt	present · perfect · passive		my wife				as our own	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme you=Attribute
7	is a	present	you	our only heir					tree rules
8	call	must	you		me				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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