Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22, sentence 15
The vizier's son asked her not to speak about them at the palace, hoping that, because she had been told not to do so, she would mention their arrival, and thus the princess would be informed of their coming.
Who acts: son, princess, arrangement · What happens: ask, not speak, hope, tell, not do, mention · To what, where: princess, palace, that, arrival · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, princess, arrangement), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vizier | det |
| 2 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 vizier | case |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asked | iobj |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 speak | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 speak | mark |
| 9 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asked | xcomp |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 speak | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 speak | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hoping | punct |
| 16 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 speak | advcl |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 hoping | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 told | punct |
| 19 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 23 told | mark |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 told | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 told | aux |
| 22 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 told | aux:pass |
| 23 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 asked | parataxis |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 do | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 do | mark |
| 26 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 told | xcomp |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 do | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 mention | punct |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 mention | nsubj |
| 30 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 mention | aux |
| 31 | mention | mention | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asked | conj |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 33 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 mention | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 informed | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 informed | cc |
| 36 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 41 informed | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 princess | det |
| 38 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 informed | aux |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 informed | aux:pass |
| 41 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 mention | parataxis |
| 42 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 44 coming | mark |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 coming | nsubj |
| 44 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 informed | advcl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the vizier's son | princess | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not speak speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | the vizier's son not said here | the palace | about arrangement | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | |||
| 3 | hope | gerund | the vizier's son not said here | that | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | princess | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | not do not said to happen | to-infinitive | princess not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | mention speech: other | would | princess | arrangement's arrival | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent arrival=Topic | ||||
| 7 | inform speech: other | would · passive | the princess | thus property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | come | gerund | arrangement | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | arrive | arrangement | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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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