Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd, sentence 11
The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing at “Visiting,” with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with the presents, she clapped her hands for joy.
Who acts: Emperor, princesses, Princess, nightingale · What happens: have, bring, play, see, clap · To what, where: princesses, large hall, Visiting, caskets, hands
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, princesses, Princess, nightingale), 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 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | obj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 had | xcomp |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 hall | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hall | det |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hall | amod |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 playing | punct |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 playing | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Princess | det |
| 13 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 playing | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 playing | aux |
| 15 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 hall | parataxis |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 Visiting | case |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Visiting | punct |
| 18 | Visiting | visiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 playing | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Visiting | punct |
| 20 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Visiting | punct |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 ladies | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 ladies | det |
| 23 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 playing | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 court | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 court | det |
| 26 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ladies | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 saw | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 saw | cc |
| 29 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 saw | advmod |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 saw | nsubj |
| 31 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 caskets | det |
| 33 | caskets | casket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 saw | obj |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 presents | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 presents | det |
| 36 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 caskets | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 clapped | punct |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 clapped | nsubj |
| 39 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 saw | parataxis |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hands | nmod:poss |
| 41 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 clapped | obj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 joy | case |
| 43 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 clapped | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Emperor | princesses = princess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bring | participle | princesses = princess not said here | a large hall | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into hall=Destination | ||||
| 3 | play | past · progressive | the Princess | Visiting | with the ladies of the court | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lady=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | see | past | nightingale | the caskets | with the presents | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer casket=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | clap | past | nightingale | nightingale's hands | for joy | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=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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