The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 53
This was exactly what he had not been able to decide for himself; however, he replied that he should advise her to gain a little time by promising her answer after the grand entry of the Ambassador, and this was accordingly done.
Who acts: This, Mousta, advice · What happens: be, have, not be, decide, reply, advise · To what, where: advice, answer, this, Ambassador · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Mousta, advice), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 what | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 able | advmod |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 able | cop |
| 9 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 had | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 decide | mark |
| 11 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 able | xcomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 himself | case |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 decide | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 replied | punct |
| 15 | however | however | ADV | _ | 18 replied | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 however | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 replied | nsubj |
| 18 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 advise | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 advise | nsubj |
| 21 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 advise | aux |
| 22 | advise | advise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 replied | ccomp |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 advise | obj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 gain | mark |
| 25 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 advise | xcomp |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 time | det |
| 27 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 time | amod |
| 28 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gain | obj |
| 29 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 30 promising | mark |
| 30 | promising | promise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 gain | advcl |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 answer | nmod:poss |
| 32 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 promising | obj |
| 33 | after | after | ADP | _ | 36 entry | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 entry | det |
| 35 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 entry | amod |
| 36 | entry | entry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 promising | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Ambassador | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Ambassador | det |
| 39 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 entry | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 done | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 done | cc |
| 42 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 done | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 done | aux:pass |
| 44 | accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 45 done | advmod |
| 45 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 what | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | This | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | Mousta | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is | participle | Mousta not said here | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | decide | to-infinitive | Mousta not said here | for Mousta | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | reply speech: assert | past | Mousta | however property | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | advise speech: other | should | Mousta | advice | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | gain not said to happen | to-infinitive | advice not said here | time | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | promise speech: promise | gerund | advice not said here | advice's answer | after the grand entry of the Ambassador | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | |||
| 9 | do | past · passive | this | accordingly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | answer | advice | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | enter | the Ambassador | nom entry «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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