Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 4, sentence 118
But the Reindeer begged so hard for little Gerda, and Gerda looked so imploringly with tearful eyes at the Finland woman, that she winked, and drew the Reindeer aside into a corner, where they whispered together, while the animal got some fresh ice put on his head.
Who acts: Reindeer, Gerda, characters, animal · What happens: beg, look, wink, draw, whisper, get · To what, where: Reindeer, corner, fresh ice, head
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, 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 (Reindeer, Gerda, characters, animal), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 begged | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Reindeer | det |
| 3 | Reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hard | advmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 begged | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 Gerda | case |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Gerda | amod |
| 9 | Gerda | Gerda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 begged | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 looked | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 looked | cc |
| 12 | Gerda | Gerda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 looked | nsubj |
| 13 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | conj |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 imploringly | advmod |
| 15 | imploringly | imploringly | ADV | _ | 13 looked | advmod |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 eyes | case |
| 17 | tearful | tearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 eyes | amod |
| 18 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 looked | obl |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 woman | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 woman | det |
| 21 | Finland | Finland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 woman | compound |
| 22 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 looked | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 winked | punct |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 winked | mark |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 winked | nsubj |
| 26 | winked | wink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 looked | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 drew | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 drew | cc |
| 29 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 begged | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Reindeer | det |
| 31 | Reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 drew | obj |
| 32 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 29 drew | advmod |
| 33 | into | into | ADP | _ | 35 corner | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 corner | det |
| 35 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 drew | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 whispered | punct |
| 37 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 whispered | advmod |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 whispered | nsubj |
| 39 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 corner | acl:relcl |
| 40 | together | together | ADV | _ | 39 whispered | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 got | punct |
| 42 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 45 got | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 animal | det |
| 44 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 got | nsubj |
| 45 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 whispered | conj |
| 46 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 ice | det |
| 47 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 ice | amod |
| 48 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 got | obj |
| 49 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 ice | acl |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 52 head | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 head | nmod:poss |
| 52 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 put | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 begged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | the Reindeer | for little Gerda; hard property | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for gerda=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | past | Gerda | with tearful eyes; at the Finland woman; imploringly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at woman=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wink | past | Gerda | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | draw | past | the Reindeer not said here | the Reindeer | into a corner result; aside property | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reindeer=Patient into corner=Result | |||
| 5 | whisper speech: assert | past | characters = character | together property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | get | past | the animal | some fresh ice | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ice=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | put | participle | some fresh ice not said here | reindeer's head | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on head=Destination |
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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