Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess, sentence 10
“Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead.
Who acts: we, old Queen mother, water · What happens: see, think, not say, go, do, take · To what, where: that, word, bedroom, bed clothes, bed, three little peas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Real Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, old Queen mother, water), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
| 2 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 7 see | discourse |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ah | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 5 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 see | advmod |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 thought | parataxis |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 mother | det |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mother | amod |
| 14 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 mother | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Queen | punct |
| 16 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thought | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 18 | however | however | ADV | _ | 21 said | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 however | punct |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 said | nsubj |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thought | parataxis |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 said | advmod |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 word | det |
| 24 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 said | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 what | case |
| 26 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 word | nmod |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 going | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 going | aux |
| 29 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 what | acl:relcl |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 do | mark |
| 31 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 going | xcomp |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 went | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 went | cc |
| 34 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | conj |
| 35 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 34 went | advmod |
| 36 | into | into | ADP | _ | 38 bedroom | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 bedroom | det |
| 38 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 went | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 took | punct |
| 40 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | conj |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 clothes | det:predet |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 clothes | det |
| 43 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 clothes | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 bed | punct |
| 45 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 40 took | obj |
| 46 | off | off | ADP | _ | 48 bed | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 bed | det |
| 48 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 took | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 put | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 put | cc |
| 51 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 took | conj |
| 52 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 peas | nummod |
| 53 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 peas | amod |
| 54 | peas | pea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 put | obj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 bedstead | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 bedstead | det |
| 57 | bedstead | bedstead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 put | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | shall | we | that | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | the old Queen mother | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not say speech: assert | past | water | a word | however property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | |||
| 4 | go | past · progressive | water | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | water not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | go | past | water not said here | the bedroom | quietly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into bedroom=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | take | past | water not said here | all bed clothes | the bed | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme off bed=Initial_Location | |||
| 8 | put | past | water not said here | three little peas | the bedstead | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pea=Theme on bedstead=Destination |
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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