The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 46

I am informed that the fairy your spouse makes use of a certain water called the water of the fountain of lions, which cures all sorts of diseases, even the most dangerous; and as I am perfectly well persuaded my health is dear to you, I do not doubt but you will ask her for a bottle of that water, and bring it to me as a sure remedy, which I may use when I have occasion.

Who acts: fairy, certain water, lions, I, you, sure remedy · What happens: inform, make, call, cure, persuade, be · To what, where: I, use, water, sorts, health, you · 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 (fairy, certain water, lions, I), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 informed	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 informed	aux:pass
3	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 makes	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fairy	det
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	nsubj
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 spouse	nmod:poss
8	spouse	spouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fairy	appos
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 informed	advcl
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 water	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 water	det
13	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 water	amod
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 water	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 fountain	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fountain	det
20	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 water	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 lions	case
22	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fountain	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 cures	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 cures	nsubj
25	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 lions	acl:relcl
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 sorts	det
27	sorts	sort	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 cures	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 diseases	case
29	diseases	disease	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 sorts	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 dangerous	punct
31	even	even	ADV	_	34 dangerous	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 dangerous	det
33	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	34 dangerous	advmod
34	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 cures	parataxis
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 dear	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 dear	cc
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 persuaded	mark
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 persuaded	nsubj
39	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 persuaded	aux
40	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	42 persuaded	advmod
41	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	42 persuaded	advmod
42	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 dear	amod
43	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 health	nmod:poss
44	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 persuaded	obj
45	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 dear	cop
46	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 informed	parataxis
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 you	case
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 dear	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 doubt	punct
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 doubt	nsubj
51	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 doubt	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 doubt	advmod
53	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 dear	parataxis
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	57 ask	cc
55	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	57 ask	nsubj
56	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 ask	aux
57	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 doubt	conj
58	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 ask	iobj
59	for	for	ADP	_	61 bottle	case
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 bottle	det
61	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 ask	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 water	case
63	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	64 water	det
64	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 bottle	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 bring	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 bring	cc
67	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 doubt	conj
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 bring	obj
69	to	to	ADP	_	70 me	case
70	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 bring	obl
71	as	as	ADP	_	74 remedy	case
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 remedy	det
73	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 remedy	amod
74	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 bring	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 use	punct
76	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 use	nsubj
77	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 use	nsubj
78	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 use	aux
79	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 remedy	acl:relcl
80	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	82 have	advmod
81	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	82 have	nsubj
82	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 use	advcl
83	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 have	obj
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 informed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		I			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	make	present	the fairy	use of a certain water			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product
3	call	participle	a certain water not said here	the water of the fountain of lions			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
4	cure	present	lions	all sorts of diseases			vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sort=Source
5	persuade	present · passive	I	my health		perfectly, well property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Patient
6	is	present			you	dear property	tree rules
7	not doubt	present · do-support	I				vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	ask speech: ask	future	you		fairy	for a bottle of that water	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
9	bring	infinitive	I not said here	health	me	as a sure remedy	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Destination
10	use	may	a sure remedy			I nsubj	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	have	present	I	occasion			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient
12	use			a certain water			nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
13	sort			diseases			nom sort «cognition 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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 46