Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, sentence 36
In the middle of the wall hung a picture representing a beautiful lady, so young, so glad, but dressed quite as in former times, with clothes that stood quite stiff, and with powder in her hair; she neither said “thankee, thankee!” nor “cranky, cranky!” but looked with her mild eyes at the little boy, who directly asked the old man, “Where did you get her?”
Who acts: picture, clothes, article, old man, you · What happens: hang, represent, dress, stand, say, look · To what, where: picture, middle, beautiful lady, thankee, little boy, article · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (picture, clothes, article, old man), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 middle | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 middle | det |
| 3 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hung | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 middle | nmod |
| 7 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 picture | det |
| 9 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hung | obj |
| 10 | representing | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 picture | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 12 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lady | amod |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 representing | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 young | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 young | advmod |
| 16 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hung | advcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 glad | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 glad | advmod |
| 19 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 young | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 dressed | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 dressed | cc |
| 22 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hung | conj |
| 23 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 24 as | advmod |
| 24 | as | as | ADV | _ | 22 dressed | advmod |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 times | case |
| 26 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 times | amod |
| 27 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 dressed | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 clothes | punct |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 clothes | case |
| 30 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 22 dressed | obl |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 stood | nsubj |
| 32 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 clothes | acl:relcl |
| 33 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 34 stiff | advmod |
| 34 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 stood | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 powder | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 powder | cc |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 powder | case |
| 38 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hung | obl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 hair | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hair | nmod:poss |
| 41 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 powder | nmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 said | punct |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 said | nsubj |
| 44 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 45 said | advmod |
| 45 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hung | parataxis |
| 46 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 thankee | punct |
| 47 | thankee | thankee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 said | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 thankee | punct |
| 49 | thankee | thankee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 thankee | conj |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 47 thankee | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 thankee | punct |
| 52 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 56 cranky | cc |
| 53 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 cranky | punct |
| 54 | cranky | cranky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 cranky | amod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 cranky | punct |
| 56 | cranky | cranky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 said | conj |
| 57 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 56 cranky | punct |
| 58 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 56 cranky | punct |
| 59 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 60 looked | cc |
| 60 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hung | conj |
| 61 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 eyes | case |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 63 | mild | mild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 eyes | amod |
| 64 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 looked | obl |
| 65 | at | at | ADP | _ | 68 boy | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 boy | det |
| 67 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 boy | amod |
| 68 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 looked | obl |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 asked | punct |
| 70 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 asked | obj |
| 71 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 72 asked | advmod |
| 72 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 68 boy | acl:relcl |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 man | det |
| 74 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 man | amod |
| 75 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 asked | obj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 get | punct |
| 77 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 get | punct |
| 78 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 81 get | advmod |
| 79 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 81 get | aux |
| 80 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 81 get | nsubj |
| 81 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 asked | ccomp |
| 82 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 get | obj |
| 83 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 81 get | punct |
| 84 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 hung | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | a picture | the middle of the wall | with powder in article's hair | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent picture=Patient with powder=Instrument | |||
| 2 | represent | gerund | a picture not said here | a beautiful lady | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lady=Theme | ||||
| 3 | dress | past | time | with clothes | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | stand | past | clothes | stiff property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | article | thankee and thankee | neither property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thankee=Topic | |||
| 6 | look | past | with article's mild eyes; at the little boy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at boy=Theme | |||||
| 7 | ask speech: ask | past | the old man | the little boy | directly property | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent who=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 8 | get in a quote | past · do-support | you | article | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/36/