The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 57

Ask him, instead, for the ring which he wears on his little finger, for in that ring lies a magic power; you have only to throw it from one hand to the other, and at once twelve young men will appear, who will do your bidding, no matter how difficult, in a single night.’

Who acts: you, ring, twelve young men, your · What happens: ask, wear, lie, have, throw, appear · To what, where: Kingdom, little finger, magic power, power, one hand, bidding

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, ring, twelve young men, your), 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	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 instead	punct
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ring	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 ring	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wears	nsubj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wears	nsubj
11	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ring	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 finger	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 finger	nmod:poss
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 finger	amod
15	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wears	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lies	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 ring	case
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 ring	case
19	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 ring	det
20	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lies	obl
21	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wears	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 power	det
23	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 power	compound
24	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lies	obj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 have	punct
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 have	nsubj
27	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
28	only	only	ADV	_	30 throw	advmod
29	to	to	PART	_	30 throw	mark
30	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 have	xcomp
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 throw	obj
32	from	from	ADP	_	34 hand	case
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 hand	nummod
34	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 throw	obl
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 other	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 other	det
37	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 throw	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 appear	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 appear	cc
40	at	at	ADP	_	41 once	case
41	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	46 appear	obl
42	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 men	nummod
43	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 men	amod
44	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 appear	nsubj
45	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 appear	aux
46	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 have	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 do	punct
48	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 do	nsubj
49	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 do	aux
50	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 appear	conj
51	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 bidding	nmod:poss
52	bidding	bidding	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 do	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 matter	punct
54	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	55 matter	det
55	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 bidding	appos
56	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	57 difficult	advmod
57	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 matter	amod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 night	punct
59	in	in	ADP	_	62 night	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 night	det
61	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 night	amod
62	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 do	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct
64	’	'	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Kingdom			for the ring; instead property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	wear	present	the ring			Kingdom's little finger			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	lie	present	the ring not said here	a magic power				for that ring	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location power=Theme
4	have	present	you						tree rules
5	throw	to-infinitive	you not said here	power		one hand		to the other	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from hand=Initial_Location to other=Destination
6	appear	future	twelve young men						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
7	do	future		your bidding			night		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality
8	bid		your						nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=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 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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