Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Mother, sentence 12
Out there, in the midst of the snow, there sat a woman in long, black clothes; and she said, “Death has been in thy chamber, and I saw him hasten away with thy little child; he goes faster than the wind, and he never brings back what he takes!”
Who acts: woman, Death · What happens: sit, say, be, see, hasten away, go · To what, where: woman, midst, chamber, Death · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of a Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, Death), 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 | Out | out | ADV | _ | 2 there | advmod |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 sat | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 there | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 midst | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 midst | det |
| 6 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sat | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 snow | det |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 midst | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 midst | punct |
| 11 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 12 sat | expl |
| 12 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 woman | det |
| 14 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sat | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 clothes | case |
| 16 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 clothes | amod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 long | punct |
| 18 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 clothes | amod |
| 19 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 12 sat | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 said | cc |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 said | nsubj |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 sat | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 chamber | punct |
| 25 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 chamber | punct |
| 26 | Death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 chamber | nsubj |
| 27 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 chamber | aux |
| 28 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 chamber | cop |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 chamber | case |
| 30 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 31 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 said | ccomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 saw | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 saw | cc |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 saw | nsubj |
| 35 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 said | conj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 saw | obj |
| 37 | hasten | hasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 saw | xcomp |
| 38 | away | away | ADV | _ | 37 hasten | advmod |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 child | case |
| 40 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 child | nmod:poss |
| 41 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 child | amod |
| 42 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hasten | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 goes | punct |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 goes | nsubj |
| 45 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sat | conj |
| 46 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 45 goes | advmod |
| 47 | than | than | ADP | _ | 49 wind | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 wind | det |
| 49 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 faster | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 brings | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 brings | cc |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 brings | nsubj |
| 53 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 54 brings | advmod |
| 54 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sat | parataxis |
| 55 | back | back | ADV | _ | 54 brings | advmod |
| 56 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 58 takes | obj |
| 57 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 takes | nsubj |
| 58 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 brings | conj |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 54 brings | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 brings | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | a woman | the midst of the snow; there; there | in long black clothes | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present · perfect | Death | thy chamber | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | past | woman | Death | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | hasten away in a quote | infinitive | Death not said here | with thy little child; away property | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with child=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | go in a quote | present | Death | fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not bring back in a quote | present | Death | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | take in a quote | present | Death | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
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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