The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, sentence 44
One day the false Prince said to his real brother, ‘Bramintho, you know that I brought you here from your native village in order to make your fortune; but I have found out that you are a liar, and that by your deceit you have been the cause of all the troubles of your brother Rosimond.
Who acts: false Prince, you, I, that · What happens: say, know, bring, make, find out, be · To what, where: you, native village, fortune, liar, cause, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (false Prince, you, I, that), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 4 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Prince | amod |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 brother | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 brother | amod |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Bramintho | punct |
| 12 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 Bramintho | punct |
| 13 | Bramintho | Bramintho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 brother | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 know | punct |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 know | nsubj |
| 16 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | ccomp |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 brought | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 brought | nsubj |
| 19 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 know | ccomp |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 brought | obj |
| 21 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 brought | advmod |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 village | case |
| 23 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 village | nmod:poss |
| 24 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 village | amod |
| 25 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 brought | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 order | case |
| 27 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 village | nmod |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 make | mark |
| 29 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 brought | advcl |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 31 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 make | obj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 found | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 found | cc |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 found | nsubj |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 found | aux |
| 36 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 said | conj |
| 37 | out | out | ADP | _ | 36 found | compound:prt |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 liar | mark |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 liar | nsubj |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 liar | cop |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 liar | det |
| 42 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 found | advcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 cause | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 cause | cc |
| 45 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 cause | nsubj |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 deceit | case |
| 47 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 deceit | nmod:poss |
| 48 | deceit | deceit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 cause | obl |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 cause | nsubj |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 cause | aux |
| 51 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 cause | cop |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 cause | det |
| 53 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 found | parataxis |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 troubles | case |
| 55 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 57 troubles | det:predet |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 troubles | det |
| 57 | troubles | trouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 cause | nmod |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 brother | case |
| 59 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 brother | nmod:poss |
| 60 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 troubles | nmod |
| 61 | Rosimond | Rosimond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 brother | appos |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the false Prince | day | to prince's real brother | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to brother=Experiencer clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | know | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | bring | past | I | you | your native village in order; here | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from village=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | I not said here | your fortune | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product | ||||
| 5 | find out | present · perfect | I | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a | present | you | a liar | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is a | present · perfect | that | the cause | by your deceit; of all troubles of your brother | tree rules | |||
| 8 | trouble | your brother | nom trouble «cognition 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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