The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 80
He told him his errand, and the stranger said, ‘Then you can serve me; I am just in want of a lad like you, and I will give you good wages--a bushel of money the first year, two the second year, and three the third year, for you must serve me three years, and obey me in everything, however strange it seems to you.
Who acts: lad, stranger, you, I, it · What happens: tell, say, serve, be, give, obey · To what, where: errand, man, me, want, good wages, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lad, stranger, you, 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 errand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | errand | errand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stranger | det |
| 9 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 serve | punct |
| 12 | ‘ | ‘ | PUNCT | _ | 16 serve | punct |
| 13 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 serve | advmod |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 serve | nsubj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 serve | aux |
| 16 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 serve | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 want | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 want | nsubj |
| 20 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 want | cop |
| 21 | just | just | ADV | _ | 23 want | advmod |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 want | case |
| 23 | want | want | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | ccomp |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 lad | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 lad | det |
| 26 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 want | nmod |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 28 you | case |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 lad | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 give | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 give | cc |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 give | nsubj |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 give | aux |
| 33 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | conj |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 give | iobj |
| 35 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 wages | amod |
| 36 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 give | obj |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 bushel | punct |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 bushel | det |
| 39 | bushel | bushel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 wages | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 money | case |
| 41 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 bushel | nmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 year | det |
| 43 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 44 year | amod |
| 44 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 money | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 two | punct |
| 46 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 wages | appos |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 year | det |
| 48 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 49 year | amod |
| 49 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 two | nmod:unmarked |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 three | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 three | cc |
| 52 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 told | ccomp |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 year | det |
| 54 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 55 year | amod |
| 55 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 three | appos |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 serve | punct |
| 57 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 60 serve | mark |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 60 serve | nsubj |
| 59 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 serve | aux |
| 60 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | parataxis |
| 61 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 serve | obj |
| 62 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 63 years | nummod |
| 63 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 serve | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 obey | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 obey | cc |
| 66 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 serve | conj |
| 67 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 obey | obj |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 everything | case |
| 69 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 66 obey | obl |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 strange | punct |
| 71 | however | however | ADV | _ | 72 strange | advmod |
| 72 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 told | ccomp |
| 73 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 seems | nsubj |
| 74 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 72 strange | advcl:relcl |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 76 you | case |
| 76 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 74 seems | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | lad | lad's errand | man | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient errand=Topic | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the stranger | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | serve | can | you | me | then | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | |||
| 4 | is | present | I | want | of a lad like you | tree rules | |||
| 5 | give | future | I | good wages and a bushel of money the first year | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wage=Theme | |||
| 6 | serve | must | you | me | year | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | |||
| 7 | obey | infinitive | you not said here | me | everything | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 8 | seem | present | it | you | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
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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