The Violet Fairy Book, The Child Who Came From an Egg, sentence 6
When she had quenched her thirst, she came straight up to the queen, and said to her: ‘Do not take it evil, noble lady, that I dare to speak to you, and do not be afraid of me, for it may be that I shall bring you good luck.’
Who acts: queen, I, thirst · What happens: quench, come, say, not take, dare, speak · To what, where: queen, thirst, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Child Who Came From an Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, I, thirst), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 quenched | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 quenched | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 quenched | aux |
| 4 | quenched | quench | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 thirst | nmod:poss |
| 6 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 quenched | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 quenched | parataxis |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 up | advmod |
| 11 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 queen | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 queen | det |
| 14 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 said | cc |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 her | case |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 take | punct |
| 21 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 take | punct |
| 22 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 24 take | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 take | advmod |
| 24 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 said | ccomp |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 take | obj |
| 26 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 lady | amod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 evil | punct |
| 28 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 lady | amod |
| 29 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 take | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 dare | punct |
| 31 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 dare | mark |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 dare | nsubj |
| 33 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 take | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 speak | mark |
| 35 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 dare | xcomp |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 you | case |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 speak | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 afraid | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 afraid | cc |
| 40 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 43 afraid | aux |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 afraid | advmod |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 afraid | cop |
| 43 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 take | advcl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 me | case |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 afraid | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 bring | punct |
| 47 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 54 bring | mark |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 bring | nsubj |
| 49 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 bring | aux |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 bring | cop |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 bring | mark |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 bring | nsubj |
| 53 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 bring | aux |
| 54 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 take | conj |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 bring | obj |
| 56 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 luck | amod |
| 57 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 bring | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 quenched | punct |
| 59 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 quenched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quench | past · perfect · passive | queen | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer thirst=Result | |||||
| 2 | come | past | queen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | queen not said here | queen | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not take | infinitive · do-support | thirst | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme lady=Destination | |||||
| 5 | dare | present | I | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | I not said here | you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | not is | infinitive · do-support | of me; afraid property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | is | shall | thirst | bring property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | thirst | queen | nom thirst «state intransitive»: 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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