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Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Mother, sentence 23

The roads crossed each other in the depths of the forest, and she no longer knew whither she should go! then there stood a thorn-bush; there was neither leaf nor flower on it, it was also in the cold winter season, and ice-flakes hung on the branches.

Who acts: roads, mother, leaf, forest · What happens: cross, know, go, stand, be, hang · To what, where: each, thorn bush, ice flakes, branches · 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 (roads, mother, leaf, forest), 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

detnsubjobjfixedcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjadvmodadvmodparataxisadvmodnsubjauxccomppunctadvmodadvmodadvcldetcompoundpunctobjpunctexplparataxiscc:preconjnsubjccconjcasenmodpunctnsubjcopadvmodcasedetamodcompoundappospunctcccompoundpunctnmodaclcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETroadsNOUNcrossedVERBeachDETotherADJinADPtheDETdepthsNOUNofADPtheDETforestNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONnoADVlongerADVknewVERBwhitherADVshePRONshouldAUXgoVERB!PUNCTthenADVthereADVstoodVERBaDETthornNOUN-PUNCTbushNOUN;PUNCTtherePRONwasVERBneitherCCONJleafNOUNnorCCONJflowerNOUNonADPitPRON,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXalsoADVinADPtheDETcoldADJwinterNOUNseasonNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJiceNOUN-PUNCTflakesNOUNhungVERBonADPtheDETbranchesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 roadsdet
2roadsroadNOUNNumber=Plur3 crossednsubj
3crossedcrossVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp3 crossedobj
5otherotherADJDegree=Pos4 eachfixed
6ininADP_8 depthscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 depthsdet
8depthsdepthNOUNNumber=Plur3 crossedobl
9ofofADP_11 forestcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 forestdet
11forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing8 depthsnmod
12,,PUNCT_17 knewpunct
13andandCCONJ_17 knewcc
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 knewnsubj
15nonoADV_16 longeradvmod
16longerlongADVDegree=Cmp17 knewadvmod
17knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 crossedparataxis
18whitherwhitherADVPronType=Int21 goadvmod
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 gonsubj
20shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin21 goaux
21gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf17 knewccomp
22!!PUNCT_21 gopunct
23thenthenADVPronType=Dem25 stoodadvmod
24therethereADVPronType=Dem25 stoodadvmod
25stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 goadvcl
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 bushdet
27thornthornNOUNNumber=Sing29 bushcompound
28--PUNCT_27 thornpunct
29bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing25 stoodobj
30;;PUNCT_32 waspunct
31theretherePRONPronType=Dem32 wasexpl
32wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 crossedparataxis
33neitherneitherCCONJPolarity=Neg34 leafcc:preconj
34leafleafNOUNNumber=Sing32 wasnsubj
35nornorCCONJPolarity=Neg36 flowercc
36flowerflowerNOUNNumber=Sing34 leafconj
37ononADP_38 itcase
38ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 flowernmod
39,,PUNCT_47 seasonpunct
40ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 seasonnsubj
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 seasoncop
42alsoalsoADV_47 seasonadvmod
43ininADP_47 seasoncase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 seasondet
45coldcoldADJDegree=Pos47 seasonamod
46winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing47 seasoncompound
47seasonseasonNOUNNumber=Sing34 leafappos
48,,PUNCT_52 flakespunct
49andandCCONJ_52 flakescc
50iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing52 flakescompound
51--PUNCT_50 icepunct
52flakesflakeNOUNNumber=Plur47 seasonnmod
53hunghangVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass52 flakesacl
54ononADP_56 branchescase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 branchesdet
56branchesbranchNOUNNumber=Plur53 hungobl
57..PUNCT_3 crossedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1crosspastthe roadseachin the depths of the forestvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent each=Patient in depth=Topic
2knowpastmotherlong propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3goshouldmotherwhither propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4standpastmother not said herea thorn bushtherethenvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bush=Stimulus
5bepastleaf nor flower on foresttherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6ispastforestin the cold winter seasonice flakes nmodtree rules
7hangparticipleice flakes not said herethe branchesvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location

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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