Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 5, sentence 23

He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted--that word was “eternity”; and the Snow Queen had said, “If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates.”

Who acts: bit, whole figures, word, Snow Queen, you · What happens: find, represent, write, not manage, not represent, want · To what, where: whole figures, written word, word, eternity, figure, own master · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bit, whole figures, word, Snow Queen), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 figures	amod
4	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 represented	nsubj
6	represented	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 figures	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 word	amod
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 represented	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 manage	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 manage	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 manage	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 manage	advmod
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 manage	aux
15	manage	manage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 represent	mark
17	represent	represent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 manage	xcomp
18	just	just	ADV	_	20 word	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 word	det
20	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 represent	obj
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 wanted	nsubj
22	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 word	acl:relcl
23	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 eternity	punct
24	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 word	det
25	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 eternity	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 eternity	cop
27	“	"	PUNCT	_	28 eternity	punct
28	eternity	eternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 word	appos
29	”	"	PUNCT	_	28 eternity	punct
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 said	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 said	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Queen	det
33	Snow	Snow	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Queen	compound
34	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 said	nsubj
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 said	aux
36	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 found	parataxis
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 discover	punct
38	“	"	PUNCT	_	42 discover	punct
39	If	if	SCONJ	_	42 discover	mark
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	42 discover	nsubj
41	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 discover	aux
42	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 said	parataxis
43	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	44 figure	det
44	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 discover	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 master	punct
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 master	nsubj
47	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 master	aux
48	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	51 master	cop
49	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 master	nmod:poss
50	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 master	amod
51	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 discover	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 make	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 make	cc
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 make	nsubj
55	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 make	aux
56	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	parataxis
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 make	obj
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 present	det
59	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 make	obj
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 world	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 world	det
62	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 world	amod
63	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 present	nmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 pair	cc
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 pair	det
66	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 present	conj
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 skates	case
68	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 skates	amod
69	skates	skate	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 pair	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 make	punct
71	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 make	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	find	past	bit	whole figures		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent figure=Attribute clause=Theme
2	represent	past	whole figures	a written word		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme
3	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not manage	could	bit			vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	not represent	to-infinitive	bit not said here	the word		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme
6	want	past	bit	the word not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme
7	is a in a quote	past	that word	eternity		tree rules
8	say speech: assert	past · perfect	the Snow Queen			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	discover a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	can	you	that figure		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Topic
10	is a in a quote	shall	you	your own master		tree rules
11	make in a quote	future	the Snow Queen = queen	a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates	you	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary present=Product

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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