The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 142
I really do not care whether you consent to my marriage with your daughter or not, but I am bound to ask your consent, on account of a certain meddling Fairy called Melinette, with whom I have reason for wishing to keep on good terms.’
Who acts: I, you, reason, my, your · What happens: not care, consent, bind, ask, call, have · To what, where: I, account, consent, certain meddling Fairy, reason, good terms · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, reason, my), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 care | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 care | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 care | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 care | advmod |
| 5 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 consent | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 consent | nsubj |
| 8 | consent | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 care | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 marriage | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 consent | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 daughter | case |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 14 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 marriage | nmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 not | cc |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 daughter | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bound | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 bound | cc |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 bound | nsubj |
| 20 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 bound | aux:pass |
| 21 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 care | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 ask | mark |
| 23 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 bound | xcomp |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 consent | nmod:poss |
| 25 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ask | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 account | punct |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 account | case |
| 28 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bound | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Fairy | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 Fairy | det |
| 31 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 Fairy | amod |
| 32 | meddling | meddling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Fairy | compound |
| 33 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 account | nmod |
| 34 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 Fairy | acl |
| 35 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 called | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 whom | punct |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 whom | case |
| 38 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 bound | obl |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 have | nsubj |
| 40 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 whom | acl:relcl |
| 41 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 have | obj |
| 42 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 wishing | mark |
| 43 | wishing | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 reason | acl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 keep | mark |
| 45 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 wishing | xcomp |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 terms | case |
| 47 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 terms | amod |
| 48 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 keep | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 care | punct |
| 50 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 care | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | I | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | consent | present | you | to my marriage with your daughter | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to marriage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bind | present · passive | I | account of a certain meddling Fairy | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | your consent | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | call | participle | a certain meddling Fairy not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | have | present | I | reason | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | ||||
| 7 | wish | gerund | reason not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | reason not said here | good terms | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on term=Location | ||||
| 9 | marry | my | with your daughter | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | |||||
| 10 | consent | your | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | account | a certain meddling Fairy | nom account «communication 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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