The Violet Fairy Book, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3, sentence 30

Instead, be sure you say to her, “No, indeed I shall do nothing of the sort, as from my childhood I have heard stories of the beauty of the goddess Venus, and it was not for nothing that I had shoes made of leather with soles of steel, and have travelled for nine years and nine months, and have won in battle the silver wreath, which I hope you may allow me to give you, and have done and suffered everything to be where I now am.”

Who acts: you, I, beauty, Venus · What happens: be, say, do, hear, not be, have · To what, where: Venus, nothing, stories, shoes, battle, silver wreath · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, beauty, Venus), 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	Instead	instead	ADV	_	4 sure	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Instead	punct
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sure	cop
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
10	“	"	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
11	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	16 do	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 No	punct
13	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	16 do	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 do	nsubj
15	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 do	aux
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	ccomp
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 do	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 sort	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sort	det
20	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nothing	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 heard	punct
22	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	25 childhood	case
23	from	from	ADP	_	22 as	fixed
24	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 childhood	nmod:poss
25	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 heard	obl
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 heard	nsubj
27	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 heard	aux
28	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 do	advcl
29	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 heard	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 beauty	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 beauty	det
32	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 stories	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 Venus	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Venus	det
35	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Venus	compound
36	Venus	Venus	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 beauty	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 nothing	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 nothing	cc
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 nothing	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 nothing	cop
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	43 nothing	advmod
42	for	for	ADP	_	43 nothing	case
43	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 sure	parataxis
44	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 had	obj
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 had	nsubj
46	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 nothing	acl:relcl
47	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 had	obj
48	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 shoes	acl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 leather	case
50	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 made	obl
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 soles	case
52	soles	sole	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 leather	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 steel	case
54	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 soles	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 travelled	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 travelled	cc
57	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 travelled	aux
58	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sure	conj
59	for	for	ADP	_	61 years	case
60	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 years	nummod
61	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 travelled	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 months	cc
63	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	64 months	nummod
64	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 years	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 won	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 won	cc
67	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 won	aux
68	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	58 travelled	conj
69	in	in	ADP	_	70 battle	case
70	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 won	obl
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 wreath	det
72	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 wreath	amod
73	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 battle	appos
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 hope	punct
75	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	77 hope	obj
76	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	77 hope	nsubj
77	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	73 wreath	acl:relcl
78	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	80 allow	nsubj
79	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 allow	aux
80	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 hope	ccomp
81	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 allow	iobj
82	to	to	PART	_	83 give	mark
83	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 allow	xcomp
84	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	83 give	iobj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 done	punct
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 done	cc
87	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	88 done	aux
88	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	68 won	conj
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 suffered	cc
90	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 won	conj
91	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	90 suffered	obj
92	to	to	PART	_	94 where	mark
93	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	94 where	cop
94	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	90 suffered	conj
95	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	97 am	nsubj
96	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	97 am	advmod
97	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	94 where	cop
98	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct
99	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					instead, sure property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	you		Venus				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do in a quote	shall	I	nothing				indeed property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
4	hear in a quote	present · perfect	I	stories of the beauty of the goddess Venus				as my childhood	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus
5	not is in a quote	past	beauty					for nothing	tree rules
6	have in a quote	past	I	shoes					tree rules
7	make in a quote	participle		shoes not said here				of leather with soles of steel	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
8	travell in a quote	present · perfect	Venus not said here				year		tree rules
9	win in a quote	present · perfect	Venus not said here			battle			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in battle=Eventuality
10	hope in a quote	present	I	the silver wreath					tree rules
11	allow in a quote	may	Venus		me				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
12	give not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Venus not said here		Venus				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
13	do in a quote	infinitive · perfect	Venus not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	suffer in a quote	past	Venus not said here	everything					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
15	is in a quote	to-infinitive	Venus not said here					where property	tree rules

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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