Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, sentence 63
The axe struck deep into the very pith; the Tree fell to the earth with a sigh; he felt a pang--it was like a swoon; he could not think of happiness, for he was sorrowful at being separated from his home, from the place where he had sprung up.
Who acts: axe, Tree · What happens: strike, fall, feel, be, not think, separate · To what, where: pith, pang, place
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (axe, Tree), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 axe | det |
| 2 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 3 struck | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 pith | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pith | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 pith | advmod |
| 8 | pith | pith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Tree | det |
| 11 | Tree | Tree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 earth | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 earth | det |
| 15 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 sigh | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 sigh | det |
| 18 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 felt | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 felt | nsubj |
| 21 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | parataxis |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 pang | det |
| 23 | pang | pang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 felt | obj |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 swoon | punct |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 swoon | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 swoon | cop |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 29 swoon | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 swoon | det |
| 29 | swoon | swoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 felt | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 think | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 think | nsubj |
| 32 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 think | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 think | advmod |
| 34 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 struck | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 happiness | case |
| 36 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 think | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sorrowful | punct |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 sorrowful | case |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 sorrowful | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 sorrowful | cop |
| 41 | sorrowful | sorrowful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 think | parataxis |
| 42 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 44 separated | mark |
| 43 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 separated | aux:pass |
| 44 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 sorrowful | advcl |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 47 home | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 home | nmod:poss |
| 47 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 separated | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 place | punct |
| 49 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 place | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 place | det |
| 51 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 think | obl |
| 52 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 55 sprung | advmod |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 sprung | nsubj |
| 54 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 sprung | aux |
| 55 | sprung | spring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 place | acl:relcl |
| 56 | up | up | ADP | _ | 55 sprung | compound:prt |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | the axe | the pith | deep property | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into pith=Location | |||
| 2 | fall | past | the Tree | to the earth; with a sigh | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | Tree | a pang | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pang=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | axe | like a swoon | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not think speech: other | could | Tree | the place | of happiness | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | is | past | Tree | sorrowful property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | separate | gerund · passive | Tree not said here | from Tree's home | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from home=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | spring up | past · perfect | Tree | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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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