The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 6, sentence 3
The Fox thought he might just as well teach the stupid Crab a lesson, so, in a voice filled with contempt, he said: “When you ask me to race with you, even with any handicap you like, you show how little understanding you have.
Who acts: Fox, you · What happens: think, teach, fill, say, ask, race · To what, where: lesson, stupid Crab, voice, Fox, handicap, little understanding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fox, you), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fox | det |
| 2 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 teach | nsubj |
| 5 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 teach | aux |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 teach | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 9 teach | cc |
| 8 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 as | fixed |
| 9 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Crab | det |
| 11 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Crab | amod |
| 12 | Crab | Crab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 teach | obj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lesson | det |
| 14 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 teach | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 said | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 voice | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 voice | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 voice | det |
| 20 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 said | ccomp |
| 21 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 voice | acl |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 contempt | case |
| 23 | contempt | contempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 filled | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 voice | punct |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thought | conj |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 ask | punct |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 ask | punct |
| 29 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 ask | advmod |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 ask | nsubj |
| 31 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 said | ccomp |
| 32 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 ask | iobj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 race | mark |
| 34 | race | race | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 ask | xcomp |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 you | case |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 race | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 handicap | punct |
| 38 | even | even | ADV | _ | 41 handicap | advmod |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 handicap | case |
| 40 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 41 handicap | det |
| 41 | handicap | handicap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 race | obl |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 like | nsubj |
| 43 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 handicap | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 show | punct |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 show | nsubj |
| 46 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 ask | conj |
| 47 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 48 little | advmod |
| 48 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 understanding | amod |
| 49 | understanding | understanding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 show | obj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 have | nsubj |
| 51 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 understanding | acl:relcl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the Fox | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | teach speech: other | might | Fox | a lesson | the stupid Crab | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient lesson=Topic | |||
| 3 | fill | participle | a voice not said here | with contempt | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with contempt=Instrument | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Fox | a voice ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present | you | Fox | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | race not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | with you; with any handicap | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | like in a quote | present | you | any handicap not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot handicap=Theme | ||||
| 8 | show in a quote | present | you | little understanding | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent understanding=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | have in a quote | present | you | little understanding not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent understanding=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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