Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, sentence 102
Something came here, and something came there; the portrait of her who had been found at the broker's came to the broker's again; and there it hung, for no one knew her more--no one cared about the old picture.
Who acts: Something, portrait, broker, one · What happens: come, find, hang, know, care · To what, where: portrait, broker, auction
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Old House. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Something, portrait, broker, one), 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 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 portrait | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 portrait | det |
| 11 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 came | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 17 found | mark |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 found | nmod:poss |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 found | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 found | aux |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 found | aux:pass |
| 17 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 portrait | acl |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 broker | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 broker | det |
| 20 | broker | broker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 found | obl |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 broker | case |
| 22 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 broker | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 broker | det |
| 25 | broker | broker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 came | obl |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 broker | case |
| 27 | again | again | ADV | _ | 22 came | advmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 hung | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 there | cc |
| 30 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 hung | advmod |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 hung | nsubj |
| 32 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 knew | punct |
| 34 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 37 knew | mark |
| 35 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 36 one | det |
| 36 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 knew | nsubj |
| 37 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 hung | conj |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 knew | obj |
| 39 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 37 knew | advmod |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 43 cared | punct |
| 41 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 42 one | det |
| 42 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 cared | nsubj |
| 43 | cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 hung | conj |
| 44 | about | about | ADP | _ | 47 picture | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 picture | det |
| 46 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 picture | amod |
| 47 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 cared | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Something | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | something | there | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | past · perfect · passive | the portrait | the broker | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at broker=Asset | ||||
| 4 | come | past | the portrait | the broker | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to broker=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | hang | past | broker | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | know | past | no one | auction | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | care | past | no one | about the old picture | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about picture=Stimulus |
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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