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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

advmodadvmodpunctcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctexpldetobjcaseamodpunctamodoblpunctccnsubjconjpunctpunctnsubjauxcopcasenmod:possccomppunctccnsubjconjobjxcompadvmodcasenmod:possamodoblpunctnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblpunctccnsubjadvmodparataxisadvmodobjnsubjconjpunctpunctrootOutADVthereADV,PUNCTinADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPtheDETsnowNOUN,PUNCTtherePRONsatVERBaDETwomanNOUNinADPlongADJ,PUNCTblackADJclothesNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTDeathNOUNhasAUXbeenAUXinADPthyPRONchamberNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONsawVERBhimPRONhastenVERBawayADVwithADPthyPRONlittleADJchildNOUN;PUNCThePRONgoesVERBfasterADVthanADPtheDETwindNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONneverADVbringsVERBbackADVwhatPRONhePRONtakesVERB!PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OutoutADV_2 thereadvmod
2therethereADVPronType=Dem12 satadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 therepunct
4ininADP_6 midstcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 midstdet
6midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing12 satobl
7ofofADP_9 snowcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 snowdet
9snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing6 midstnmod
10,,PUNCT_6 midstpunct
11theretherePRONPronType=Dem12 satexpl
12satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 womandet
14womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing12 satobj
15ininADP_19 clothescase
16longlongADJDegree=Pos19 clothesamod
17,,PUNCT_16 longpunct
18blackblackADJDegree=Pos19 clothesamod
19clothesclothesNOUNNumber=Ptan12 satobl
20;;PUNCT_23 saidpunct
21andandCCONJ_23 saidcc
22sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 saidnsubj
23saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 satconj
24,,PUNCT_31 chamberpunct
25“"PUNCT_31 chamberpunct
26DeathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing31 chambernsubj
27hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 chamberaux
28beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 chambercop
29ininADP_31 chambercase
30thythyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch31 chambernmod:poss
31chamberchamberNOUNNumber=Sing23 saidccomp
32,,PUNCT_35 sawpunct
33andandCCONJ_35 sawcc
34IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs35 sawnsubj
35sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 saidconj
36himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 sawobj
37hastenhastenVERBVerbForm=Inf35 sawxcomp
38awayawayADV_37 hastenadvmod
39withwithADP_42 childcase
40thythyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch42 childnmod:poss
41littlelittleADJDegree=Pos42 childamod
42childchildNOUNNumber=Sing37 hastenobl
43;;PUNCT_45 goespunct
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 goesnsubj
45goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 satconj
46fasterfastADVDegree=Cmp45 goesadvmod
47thanthanADP_49 windcase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 winddet
49windwindNOUNNumber=Sing46 fasterobl
50,,PUNCT_54 bringspunct
51andandCCONJ_54 bringscc
52hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 bringsnsubj
53neverneverADVPronType=Neg54 bringsadvmod
54bringsbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 satparataxis
55backbackADV_54 bringsadvmod
56whatwhatPRONPronType=Int58 takesobj
57hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 takesnsubj
58takestakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin54 bringsconj
59!!PUNCT_54 bringspunct
60”"PUNCT_54 bringspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpasta womanthe midst of the snow; there; therein long black clothestree rules
2say speech: expresspastwomanvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3is in a quotepresent · perfectDeaththy chambertree rules
4see in a quotepastwomanDeathtree rules
5hasten away in a quoteinfinitiveDeath not said herewith thy little child; away propertyvn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with child=Eventuality
6go in a quotepresentDeathfast propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7not bring back in a quotepresentDeathvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
8take in a quotepresentDeathvn 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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