The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 25, sentence 46
“My mother used to say that when a boy is born, the Moon Fairy ties an invisible red cord around his right foot, and the other end of the cord encircles the foot of the girl-baby whom he is to marry,” said he.
Who acts: mother, Moon Fairy, other end, end · What happens: use, say, bear, tie, encircle, be · To what, where: boy, invisible red cord, right foot, foot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, Moon Fairy, other end, end), 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 | _ | 4 used | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 said | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 say | mark |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 used | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 born | mark |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 born | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 born | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 born | aux:pass |
| 12 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 say | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ties | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Fairy | det |
| 15 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Fairy | compound |
| 16 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 ties | nsubj |
| 17 | ties | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 born | conj |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 cord | det |
| 19 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 cord | amod |
| 20 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 cord | amod |
| 21 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ties | obj |
| 22 | around | around | ADP | _ | 25 foot | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 foot | nmod:poss |
| 24 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 foot | amod |
| 25 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 cord | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 encircles | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 encircles | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 end | det |
| 29 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 end | amod |
| 30 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 encircles | nsubj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 cord | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 cord | det |
| 33 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 end | nmod |
| 34 | encircles | encircle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 said | ccomp |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 foot | det |
| 36 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 encircles | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 baby | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 baby | det |
| 39 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 baby | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 girl | punct |
| 41 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 foot | nmod |
| 42 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 marry | obj |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 marry | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 marry | cop |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 marry | mark |
| 46 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 baby | acl:relcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 encircles | punct |
| 48 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 encircles | punct |
| 49 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 said | nsubj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use in a quote | past | My mother | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | My mother not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | bear in a quote | present · passive | a boy | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | tie in a quote | present | the Moon Fairy | a invisible red cord | Fairy's right foot | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | |||
| 5 | encircle in a quote | present | the other end of the cord | the foot of the girl baby | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Co-Theme | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | end | the girl baby obj; marry property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | end | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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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