The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1, sentence 40
Having said these words, she drew a sparkling diamond ring from her finger, which she handed to the Prince, saying: ‘Keep this ring in memory of Militza, and think of her sometimes if you never see her again.
Who acts: girl, sparkling diamond ring, you · What happens: have, say, draw, hand, keep, think · To what, where: said words, sparkling diamond ring, finger, Prince, ring, memory · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, sparkling diamond ring, 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 | Having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 drew | advcl |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 words | amod |
| 3 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 words | det |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Having | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Having | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 drew | nsubj |
| 7 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ring | det |
| 9 | sparkling | sparkling | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ring | amod |
| 10 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ring | compound |
| 11 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drew | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 finger | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 finger | nmod:poss |
| 14 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ring | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 handed | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 handed | nsubj |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 handed | nsubj |
| 18 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 ring | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Prince | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Prince | det |
| 21 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 handed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saying | punct |
| 23 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 handed | advcl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 Keep | punct |
| 25 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 26 Keep | punct |
| 26 | Keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 saying | ccomp |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 ring | det |
| 28 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Keep | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 memory | case |
| 30 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Keep | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Militza | case |
| 32 | Militza | Militza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 memory | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 think | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 think | cc |
| 35 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 Keep | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 her | case |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 think | obj |
| 38 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 42 see | advmod |
| 39 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 see | mark |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 see | nsubj |
| 41 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 42 see | advmod |
| 42 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 think | advcl |
| 43 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 see | obj |
| 44 | again | again | ADV | _ | 42 see | advmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | girl not said here | this said words | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | draw | past | girl | a sparkling diamond ring | girl's finger | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | hand | past | a sparkling diamond ring | the Prince | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prince=Destination | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | a sparkling diamond ring not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | keep | infinitive | this ring | memory of Militza | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme in memory=Location | ||||
| 7 | think speech: other | infinitive | girl | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot her=Theme | |||||
| 8 | not see a condition, not said to happen | present | you | girl | again | sometimes property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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