The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 63
‘You have already found the advantage of having a faithful friend,’ she added to the Prince ‘and now you will have the pleasure of seeing King Bayard and his subjects regain their natural forms as a reward for his kindness to you.’
Who acts: You, advantage, friend, pleasure, subjects, Princes · What happens: find, have, add, see, regain, form · To what, where: advantage, faithful friend, pleasure, King Bayard, natural forms
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, advantage, friend, pleasure), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 found | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux |
| 4 | already | already | ADV | _ | 5 found | advmod |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 advantage | det |
| 7 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | obj |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 having | mark |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 advantage | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 friend | det |
| 11 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 friend | amod |
| 12 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 added | punct |
| 14 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 added | punct |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 added | nsubj |
| 16 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 ‘ | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 ‘ | det |
| 19 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ‘ | compound |
| 20 | ‘ | ‘ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 added | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 have | cc |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 have | advmod |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 24 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 have | aux |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 added | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 pleasure | det |
| 27 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obj |
| 28 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 29 seeing | mark |
| 29 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 pleasure | acl |
| 30 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Bayard | compound |
| 31 | Bayard | Bayard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 seeing | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 regain | cc |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 34 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regain | nsubj |
| 35 | regain | regain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 added | conj |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 forms | nmod:poss |
| 37 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 forms | amod |
| 38 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 regain | obj |
| 39 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 reward | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 reward | det |
| 41 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regain | obl |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 kindness | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 44 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 reward | nmod |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 you | case |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 kindness | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| 48 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect | You | the advantage | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Topic | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | the advantage not said here | a faithful friend | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | ||||
| 3 | add speech: assert | past | friend | to the Prince ‘ | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to ‘=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | have | future | you | the pleasure | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | |||
| 5 | see | gerund | the pleasure not said here | King Bayard | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bayard=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | regain | present | Bayard's subjects | Princes's natural forms | as a reward for subject's kindness to you | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | |||
| 7 | form | Princes = prince | nom form «communication transitive»: 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: «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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