Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace., part 2, sentence 85
"You see," she said, "that I know all about your troubles; and you cannot doubt that I desire to make you happy for as long a time as you may remain with me.
Who acts: You, work, your · What happens: see, say, know, not doubt, desire, make · To what, where: that, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Circe's Palace., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, work, your), 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 | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 know | obl |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 16 troubles | advmod |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 troubles | case |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 troubles | nmod:poss |
| 16 | troubles | trouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 know | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 doubt | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 doubt | cc |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 doubt | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 doubt | aux |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 doubt | advmod |
| 22 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 desire | mark |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 desire | nsubj |
| 25 | desire | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 doubt | advcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 make | mark |
| 27 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 desire | xcomp |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 make | obj |
| 29 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 make | xcomp |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 time | case |
| 31 | as | as | ADV | _ | 32 long | advmod |
| 32 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 time | amod |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 time | det |
| 34 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 make | obl |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 remain | mark |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 remain | nsubj |
| 37 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 remain | aux |
| 38 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 make | advcl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 me | case |
| 40 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 remain | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | present | You | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | work | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | work | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not doubt in a quote | can | you | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | desire in a quote | present | work | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | make not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | work not said here | you | time | happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | ||
| 7 | remain in a quote | may | you | with work | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | trouble in a quote | your | nom trouble «cognition 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: «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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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