The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 4, sentence 42
Then Fiordelisa knew why the King had not heeded her, and taking a handful of pearls and diamonds out of her sack, she said, ‘If you can promise me that to-night the King shall not have his sleeping draught, I will give you all these jewels.’
Who acts: Fiordelisa, King, you, I · What happens: know, not heed, take, say, promise, not have · To what, where: Fiordelisa, handful, sack, that, me, sleeping draught · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, 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 (Fiordelisa, King, you, I), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 knew | advmod |
| 2 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 heeded | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 heeded | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 heeded | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 heeded | advmod |
| 9 | heeded | heed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 heeded | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 taking | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 taking | cc |
| 13 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 handful | det |
| 15 | handful | handful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taking | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 pearls | case |
| 17 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 handful | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 diamonds | cc |
| 19 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 pearls | conj |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 sack | case |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 sack | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 sack | nmod:poss |
| 23 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 taking | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 promise | punct |
| 28 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 promise | punct |
| 29 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 promise | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 promise | nsubj |
| 31 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 promise | aux |
| 32 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 said | ccomp |
| 33 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 promise | obj |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 promise | obj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 night | case |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 to | punct |
| 37 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 have | obl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 King | det |
| 39 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 have | nsubj |
| 40 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 have | aux |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 have | advmod |
| 42 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 promise | ccomp |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 draught | nmod:poss |
| 44 | sleeping | sleeping | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 draught | amod |
| 45 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 have | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 give | punct |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 give | nsubj |
| 48 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 give | aux |
| 49 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 have | conj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 give | iobj |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 jewels | det:predet |
| 52 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 53 jewels | det |
| 53 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 give | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 promise | punct |
| 55 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 promise | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Fiordelisa | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not heed | past · perfect | the King | Fiordelisa | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | gerund | a handful of pearls and diamonds | Fiordelisa's sack | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent handful=Theme out sack=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Fiordelisa | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen | can | you | that | me | tree rules | |||
| 6 | not have | shall | the King | King's sleeping draught | night | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient | |||
| 7 | give | future | I | all jewels | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient jewel=Theme |
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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