English Fairy Tales, Mr. Vinegar, sentence 52
“Yes,” said the man; “I have used it for many a long mile, and a good friend it has been; but if you have a fancy for it, as you are a friend, I don't mind giving it to you for that pair of gloves.”
Who acts: man, you · What happens: say, use, have, be, not mind, give · To what, where: stick, fancy, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Mr. Vinegar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, you), 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 said | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 used | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 used | aux |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 said | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 used | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 mile | case |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 mile | nsubj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 mile | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 mile | amod |
| 18 | mile | mile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 friend | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 friend | cc |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 friend | det |
| 22 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 friend | amod |
| 23 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | advcl |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 been | nsubj |
| 25 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 been | aux |
| 26 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 friend | acl:relcl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 mind | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 mind | cc |
| 29 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 31 have | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 have | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 mind | advcl |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 fancy | det |
| 33 | fancy | fancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 have | obj |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 it | case |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 fancy | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 friend | punct |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 friend | case |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 friend | nsubj |
| 39 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 friend | cop |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 friend | det |
| 41 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 have | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 have | punct |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 mind | nsubj |
| 44 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 mind | aux |
| 45 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 mind | advmod |
| 46 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 47 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 mind | xcomp |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 giving | obj |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 you | case |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 giving | obl |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 pair | case |
| 52 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 pair | det |
| 53 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 giving | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 gloves | case |
| 55 | gloves | glove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 pair | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 57 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | use in a quote | present · perfect | the man = man | stick | for a long mile | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for mile=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | a fancy | for stick | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | |||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | as a friend | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not mind in a quote | present · do-support | the man = man | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | give in a quote | gerund | the man = man not said here | stick | you | for that pair of gloves | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient for pair=Asset |
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: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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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