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Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, sentence 23

And then there was a flight of stairs which went a good way upwards, and a little way downwards, and then one came on a balcony which was in a very dilapidated state, sure enough, with large holes and long crevices, but grass grew there and leaves out of them altogether, for the whole balcony outside, the yard, and the walls, were overgrown with so much green stuff, that it looked like a garden; only a balcony.

Who acts: flight, little way, balcony, grass · What happens: go, be, dilapidate, grow, leave out, overgrow · To what, where: good way, balcony, dilapidated state, crevices, walls

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 (flight, little way, balcony, grass), 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

ccadvmodexplcopdetnsubjcasenmodnsubjacl:relcldetamodobjadvmodpunctccdetamodnsubjadvmodpunctccadvmodnsubjcasedetoblnsubjcopcasedetadvmodamodacl:relclpunctconjadvmodpunctcaseamodparataxisccamodconjpunctccnsubjparataxisadvmodccconjcasecaseobladvmodpunctcasedetamodobladvmodpunctdetconjpunctccdetnsubjpunctaux:passconjcaseadvmodamodamodoblpunctmarknsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctadvmoddetoblpunctrootAndCCONJthenADVtherePRONwasAUXaDETflightNOUNofADPstairsNOUNwhichPRONwentVERBaDETgoodADJwayNOUNupwardsADV,PUNCTandCCONJaDETlittleADJwayNOUNdownwardsADV,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVoneNUMcameVERBonADPaDETbalconyNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXinADPaDETveryADVdilapidatedVERBstateNOUN,PUNCTsureADJenoughADV,PUNCTwithADPlargeADJholesNOUNandCCONJlongADJcrevicesNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJgrassNOUNgrewVERBthereADVandCCONJleavesVERBoutADPofADPthemPRONaltogetherADV,PUNCTforADPtheDETwholeADJbalconyNOUNoutsideADV,PUNCTtheDETyardNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETwallsNOUN,PUNCTwereAUXovergrownVERBwithADPsoADVmuchADJgreenADJstuffNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJitPRONlookedVERBlikeADPaDETgardenNOUN;PUNCTonlyADVaDETbalconyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_4 wascc
2thenthenADVPronType=Dem4 wasadvmod
3theretherePRONPronType=Dem4 wasexpl
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 camecop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 flightdet
6flightflightNOUNNumber=Sing4 wasnsubj
7ofofADP_8 stairscase
8stairsstairNOUNNumber=Plur6 flightnmod
9whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel10 wentnsubj
10wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 flightacl:relcl
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 waydet
12goodgoodADJDegree=Pos13 wayamod
13waywayNOUNNumber=Sing10 wentobj
14upwardsupwardsADV_10 wentadvmod
15,,PUNCT_25 camepunct
16andandCCONJ_25 camecc
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 waydet
18littlelittleADJDegree=Pos19 wayamod
19waywayNOUNNumber=Sing25 camensubj
20downwardsdownwardsADV_19 wayadvmod
21,,PUNCT_25 camepunct
22andandCCONJ_25 camecc
23thenthenADVPronType=Dem24 oneadvmod
24oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card25 camensubj
25camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
26ononADP_28 balconycase
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 balconydet
28balconybalconyNOUNNumber=Sing25 cameobl
29whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel35 statensubj
30wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 statecop
31ininADP_35 statecase
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 statedet
33veryveryADV_34 dilapidatedadvmod
34dilapidateddilapidateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass35 stateamod
35statestateNOUNNumber=Sing28 balconyacl:relcl
36,,PUNCT_37 surepunct
37suresureADJDegree=Pos35 stateconj
38enoughenoughADV_37 sureadvmod
39,,PUNCT_42 holespunct
40withwithADP_42 holescase
41largelargeADJDegree=Pos42 holesamod
42holesholeNOUNNumber=Plur37 sureparataxis
43andandCCONJ_45 crevicescc
44longlongADJDegree=Pos45 crevicesamod
45crevicescreviceNOUNNumber=Plur42 holesconj
46,,PUNCT_49 grewpunct
47butbutCCONJ_49 grewcc
48grassgrassNOUNNumber=Sing49 grewnsubj
49grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 cameparataxis
50therethereADVPronType=Dem49 grewadvmod
51andandCCONJ_52 leavescc
52leavesleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 grewconj
53outoutADP_55 themcase
54ofofADP_55 themcase
55themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs52 leavesobl
56altogetheraltogetherADV_52 leavesadvmod
57,,PUNCT_61 balconypunct
58forforADP_61 balconycase
59thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 balconydet
60wholewholeADJDegree=Pos61 balconyamod
61balconybalconyNOUNNumber=Sing49 grewobl
62outsideoutsideADV_61 balconyadvmod
63,,PUNCT_65 yardpunct
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 yarddet
65yardyardNOUNNumber=Sing61 balconyconj
66,,PUNCT_72 overgrownpunct
67andandCCONJ_72 overgrowncc
68thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art69 wallsdet
69wallswallNOUNNumber=Plur72 overgrownnsubj
70,,PUNCT_69 wallspunct
71werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin72 overgrownaux:pass
72overgrownovergrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass49 grewconj
73withwithADP_77 stuffcase
74sosoADV_75 muchadvmod
75muchmuchADJDegree=Pos77 stuffamod
76greengreenADJDegree=Pos77 stuffamod
77stuffstuffNOUNNumber=Sing72 overgrownobl
78,,PUNCT_81 lookedpunct
79thatthatSCONJ_81 lookedmark
80ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs81 lookednsubj
81lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin72 overgrownparataxis
82likelikeADP_84 gardencase
83aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art84 gardendet
84gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing81 lookedobl
85;;PUNCT_88 balconypunct
86onlyonlyADV_88 balconyadvmod
87aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art88 balconydet
88balconybalconyNOUNNumber=Sing25 cameobl
89..PUNCT_25 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopasta flight of stairsa good wayupwards propertyvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
2ispasta little waya balconya balcony obl; come propertytree rules
3dilapidateparticipletree rules
4ispasta balconya dilapidated statetree rules
5bea balcony not said hereenough propertytree rules
6growpastgrasstherefor the whole balcony and the yardvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7leave outpresentgrass not said herecrevices = crevicealtogether propertyvn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
8overgrowpast · passivethe wallswith much green stufftree rules
9lookpastgrasslike a gardenvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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