The Violet Fairy Book, The Story of a Gazelle, sentence 193

The gazelle and its master remained in the house many weeks, and one day it said to the old woman, ‘I came with my master to this place, and I have done many things for my master, good things, and till to-day he has never asked me: “Well, my gazelle, how did you get this house?

Who acts: gazelle, I, sultan, you · What happens: remain, say, come, do, not ask, get · To what, where: gazelle, house, place, many things, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of a Gazelle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gazelle, I, sultan, 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gazelle	det
2	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 master	cc
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 master	nmod:poss
5	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gazelle	conj
6	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gazelle	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remained	obl
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weeks	amod
11	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 remained	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 day	nummod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	obl:unmarked
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 woman	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 woman	det
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 woman	amod
21	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 came	punct
23	‘	'	PUNCT	_	25 came	punct
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 came	nsubj
25	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 said	conj
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 master	case
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 master	nmod:poss
28	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 came	obl
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 place	case
30	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 place	det
31	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 came	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 done	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 done	cc
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 done	nsubj
35	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 done	aux
36	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 said	conj
37	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 things	amod
38	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 done	obj
39	for	for	ADP	_	41 master	case
40	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 master	nmod:poss
41	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 done	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 things	punct
43	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 things	amod
44	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 master	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 asked	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 asked	cc
47	till	till	ADP	_	50 day	case
48	to	to	ADP	_	50 day	case
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 to	punct
50	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 asked	obl
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 asked	nsubj
52	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 asked	aux
53	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	54 asked	advmod
54	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 said	ccomp
55	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 asked	iobj
56	:	:	PUNCT	_	61 gazelle	punct
57	“	"	PUNCT	_	61 gazelle	punct
58	Well	well	INTJ	_	61 gazelle	discourse
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 Well	punct
60	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 gazelle	nmod:poss
61	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	parataxis
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 get	punct
63	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	66 get	advmod
64	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 get	aux
65	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	66 get	nsubj
66	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 gazelle	conj
67	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	68 house	det
68	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 get	obj
69	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	participle		the gazelle and rich's master not said here		the house	week		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	say speech: ask	past	the gazelle and rich's master				day	to the old woman	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to woman=Experiencer clause=Topic
3	come	past	I			this place		with my master	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
4	do	present · perfect	I	many things				for my master and good things	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
5	not ask speech: ask	present · perfect	sultan		me		day		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
6	get in a quote	past · do-support	you	this house					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=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 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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