The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 36
“You see,” said the fairy, “that the tent is larger than your father may have occasion for; but you must also be informed that it becomes larger or smaller, according to the extent of the army it is to cover, without applying any hands to it.”
Who acts: You, fairy, tent, father, occasion · What happens: see, say, be, have, inform, become · To what, where: occasion, you, hands, army · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, fairy, tent, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | parataxis |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fairy | det |
| 8 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 larger | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 larger | punct |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 larger | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tent | det |
| 13 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 larger | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 larger | cop |
| 15 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 said | parataxis |
| 16 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 20 have | mark |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 father | nmod:poss |
| 18 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 have | nsubj |
| 19 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 have | aux |
| 20 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 larger | csubj |
| 21 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 have | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 occasion | fixed |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 informed | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 informed | cc |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 informed | nsubj |
| 26 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 informed | aux |
| 27 | also | also | ADV | _ | 29 informed | advmod |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 informed | aux:pass |
| 29 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 said | conj |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 becomes | mark |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 becomes | nsubj |
| 32 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 informed | advcl |
| 33 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 becomes | xcomp |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 smaller | cc |
| 35 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 33 larger | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 cover | punct |
| 37 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 extent | case |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 according | fixed |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 extent | det |
| 40 | extent | extent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 cover | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 army | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 army | det |
| 43 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 extent | nmod |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 cover | nsubj |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 cover | cop |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 cover | mark |
| 47 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 informed | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 applying | punct |
| 49 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 50 applying | mark |
| 50 | applying | apply | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 cover | advcl |
| 51 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 52 hands | det |
| 52 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 applying | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 it | case |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 applying | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | present | You | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the fairy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the tent | large property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | may | your father | occasion | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | ||||
| 5 | inform speech: other in a quote | must · passive | you | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 6 | become in a quote | present | occasion | large property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | accord in a quote | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | occasion | accord the extent of the army; cover property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | apply in a quote | gerund | occasion not said here | any hands | army | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||
| 10 | extend in a quote | the army | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient |
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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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