The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 18
He took the robe of feathers from the dove, who gave him in exchange for it a ring, a collar, and one of its own plumes, saying: ‘When you are in any trouble, cry “Come to my aid, O dove!”
Who acts: man, dove, one, you · What happens: take, give, say, be, cry, come · To what, where: robe, dove, ring, man, exchange, trouble · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, dove, one, 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 robe | det |
| 4 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 feathers | case |
| 6 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 robe | nmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 dove | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dove | det |
| 9 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gave | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dove | acl:relcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | iobj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 exchange | case |
| 15 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 exchange | nmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 ring | det |
| 19 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 collar | punct |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 collar | det |
| 22 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ring | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 saying | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 saying | cc |
| 25 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 saying | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 plumes | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 plumes | nmod:poss |
| 28 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 plumes | amod |
| 29 | plumes | plume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 one | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 saying | punct |
| 31 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 took | advcl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| 33 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 trouble | punct |
| 34 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 39 trouble | advmod |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 trouble | nsubj |
| 36 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 trouble | cop |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 trouble | case |
| 38 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 trouble | det |
| 39 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | parataxis |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 cry | punct |
| 41 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 39 trouble | parataxis |
| 42 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 Come | punct |
| 43 | Come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 41 cry | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 aid | case |
| 45 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 aid | nmod:poss |
| 46 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Come | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dove | punct |
| 48 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 49 dove | discourse |
| 49 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 trouble | conj |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 trouble | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 trouble | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | man | the robe of feathers | the dove | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent robe=Theme from dove=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | give | past | the dove | a ring and a collar | man | exchange for robe | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ring=Theme | ||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | one of robe's own plumes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | you | any trouble and dove | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | cry speech: express | infinitive | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | come in a quote | infinitive | my aid | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial_Location |
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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