Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, sentence 91
The family went to hear the word of God; but she went alone into her little chamber; there was only room for a bed and chair to stand in it; and here she sat down with her Prayer-Book; and whilst she read with a pious mind, the wind bore the strains of the organ towards her, and she raised her tearful countenance, and said, “O God, help me!”
Who acts: family, room, wind, God, organ · What happens: go, hear, be, stand, sit down, read · To what, where: word, little chamber, room, strains, tearful countenance, family · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (family, room, wind, God), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hear | mark |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 went | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 went | nsubj |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 14 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 chamber | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 17 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 chamber | amod |
| 18 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 was | punct |
| 20 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 21 was | expl |
| 21 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 23 room | advmod |
| 23 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 was | nsubj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 bed | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 bed | det |
| 26 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 room | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 chair | cc |
| 28 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 bed | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 stand | mark |
| 30 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 chair | acl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 it | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 stand | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 sat | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 sat | cc |
| 35 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 sat | advmod |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 sat | nsubj |
| 37 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 38 | down | down | ADP | _ | 37 sat | compound:prt |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 Book | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 Book | nmod:poss |
| 41 | Prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Book | nsubj |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 Book | punct |
| 43 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 sat | obl |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 read | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 read | cc |
| 46 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 48 read | mark |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 read | nsubj |
| 48 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 mind | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 mind | det |
| 51 | pious | pious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 mind | amod |
| 52 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 read | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 bore | punct |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 wind | det |
| 55 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 bore | nsubj |
| 56 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 read | conj |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 strains | det |
| 58 | strains | strain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 bore | obj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 organ | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 organ | det |
| 61 | organ | organ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 strains | nmod |
| 62 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 63 her | case |
| 63 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 bore | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 raised | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 raised | cc |
| 66 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 raised | nsubj |
| 67 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 68 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 countenance | nmod:poss |
| 69 | tearful | tearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 countenance | amod |
| 70 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 raised | obj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 said | punct |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 said | cc |
| 73 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 raised | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 God | punct |
| 75 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 77 God | punct |
| 76 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 77 God | discourse |
| 77 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 help | nsubj |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 help | punct |
| 79 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 73 said | ccomp |
| 80 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 79 help | obj |
| 81 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 79 help | punct |
| 82 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 79 help | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the family | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hear | to-infinitive | the family not said here | the word of God | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go | past | family | family's little chamber | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | be | past | room for a bed and chair | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | stand | to-infinitive | room for a bed and chair not said here | room | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location | ||||
| 6 | sit down | past | family | here | with family's Book | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | read | past | family | with a pious mind | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | bear | past | the wind | the strains of the organ | towards family | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strain=Patient | |||
| 9 | raise | past | family | family's tearful countenance | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent countenance=Theme | ||||
| 10 | say speech: express | past | family not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 11 | help in a quote | infinitive | God | family | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | ||||
| 12 | word | God | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | strain | the organ | nom strain «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |
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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