Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, sentence 67
The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who had been confirmed with him.
Who acts: sun, King, same moment · What happens: fade away, vanish, light, shine, spread out, come · To what, where: red colors, million stars, million lamps, arms, right, wooden shoes
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, King, same moment), 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 | 3 colors | det |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 colors | amod |
| 3 | colors | color | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 faded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | above | above | ADP | _ | 5 faded | mark |
| 5 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 faded | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 vanished | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 vanished | nsubj |
| 10 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 faded | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 lighted | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 lighted | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 million | det |
| 14 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 stars | nummod |
| 15 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 lighted | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 lighted | aux:pass |
| 17 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 faded | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 lamps | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 million | det |
| 20 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 lamps | nummod |
| 21 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 lighted | parataxis |
| 22 | shone | shine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 lamps | acl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 spread | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 spread | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 King | det |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 spread | nsubj |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 King | case |
| 28 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 King | flat |
| 29 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 faded | conj |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 spread | compound:prt |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 arms | nmod:poss |
| 32 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 spread | obj |
| 33 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 34 heaven | case |
| 34 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 spread | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 wood | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 wood | cc |
| 37 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faded | parataxis |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 sea | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 sea | cc |
| 40 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 wood | conj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 appeared | punct |
| 42 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 56 appeared | mark |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 46 moment | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 moment | det |
| 45 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 moment | amod |
| 46 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 appeared | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 coming | punct |
| 48 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 moment | acl |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 path | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 path | det |
| 51 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 coming | obl |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 right | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 right | det |
| 54 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 coming | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 moment | punct |
| 56 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 faded | conj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 shoes | punct |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 shoes | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 60 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 shoes | amod |
| 61 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 appeared | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 jacket | cc |
| 63 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 shoes | conj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 boy | punct |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 boy | det |
| 66 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 boy | amod |
| 67 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 shoes | conj |
| 68 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 71 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 69 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 confirmed | aux |
| 70 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 71 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 71 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 boy | acl:relcl |
| 72 | with | with | ADP | _ | 73 him | case |
| 73 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 confirmed | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 faded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fade away | participle · passive | the red colors | away property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | vanish | past | the sun | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | light | past · passive | million stars | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 4 | shine | participle | million lamps not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | spread out | past | the King | king's arms | towards heaven | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme | |||
| 6 | come | gerund | the same moment not said here | the right | by a path | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to right=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | appear | past | wood's wooden shoes and jacket and the poor boy | moment | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location | ||||
| 8 | confirm | past · perfect · passive | the poor boy | with wood | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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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