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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

nsubjdetobjcasenmodcasedetoblpunctnsubjacl:relcliobjcaseoblcasenmoddetobjpunctdetconjpunctccnsubjcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctadvclpunctpunctadvmodnsubjcopcasedetparataxispunctparataxispunctconjcasenmod:possoblpunctdiscourseconjpunctpunctrootHePRONtookVERBtheDETrobeNOUNofADPfeathersNOUNfromADPtheDETdoveNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONgaveVERBhimPRONinADPexchangeNOUNforADPitPRONaDETringNOUN,PUNCTaDETcollarNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJoneNUMofADPitsPRONownADJplumesNOUN,PUNCTsayingVERB:PUNCT‘PUNCTWhenADVyouPRONareAUXinADPanyDETtroubleNOUN,PUNCTcryVERB“PUNCTComeVERBtoADPmyPRONaidNOUN,PUNCTOINTJdoveNOUN!PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 tooknsubj
2tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 robedet
4roberobeNOUNNumber=Sing2 tookobj
5ofofADP_6 featherscase
6feathersfeatherNOUNNumber=Plur4 robenmod
7fromfromADP_9 dovecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 dovedet
9dovedoveNOUNNumber=Sing2 tookobl
10,,PUNCT_12 gavepunct
11whowhoPRONPronType=Rel12 gavensubj
12gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 doveacl:relcl
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 gaveiobj
14ininADP_15 exchangecase
15exchangeexchangeNOUNNumber=Sing12 gaveobl
16forforADP_17 itcase
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 exchangenmod
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 ringdet
19ringringNOUNNumber=Sing12 gaveobj
20,,PUNCT_22 collarpunct
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 collardet
22collarcollarNOUNNumber=Sing19 ringconj
23,,PUNCT_31 sayingpunct
24andandCCONJ_31 sayingcc
25oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card31 sayingnsubj
26ofofADP_29 plumescase
27itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 plumesnmod:poss
28ownownADJDegree=Pos29 plumesamod
29plumesplumeNOUNNumber=Plur25 onenmod
30,,PUNCT_31 sayingpunct
31sayingsayVERBVerbForm=Ger2 tookadvcl
32::PUNCT_2 tookpunct
33‘'PUNCT_39 troublepunct
34WhenwhenADVPronType=Int39 troubleadvmod
35youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs39 troublensubj
36arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 troublecop
37ininADP_39 troublecase
38anyanyDETPronType=Ind39 troubledet
39troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Sing2 tookparataxis
40,,PUNCT_41 crypunct
41crycryVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin39 troubleparataxis
42“"PUNCT_43 Comepunct
43ComecomeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin41 cryconj
44totoADP_46 aidcase
45mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 aidnmod:poss
46aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing43 Comeobl
47,,PUNCT_49 dovepunct
48OoINTJ_49 dovediscourse
49dovedoveNOUNNumber=Sing39 troubleconj
50!!PUNCT_39 troublepunct
51”"PUNCT_39 troublepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastmanthe robe of feathersthe dovevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent robe=Theme from dove=Initial_Location
2givepastthe dovea ring and a collarmanexchange for robevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ring=Theme
3say speech: assertgerundone of robe's own plumesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4ispresentyouany trouble and dovetree rules
5cry speech: expressinfinitivevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6come in a quoteinfinitivemy aidvn 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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