Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1, sentence 24
These shoes possess the property of instantly transporting him who has them on to the place or the period in which he most wishes to be; every wish, as regards time or place, or state of being, will be immediately fulfilled, and so at last man will be happy, here below.”
Who acts: shoes, property, messenger · What happens: possess, transport, have on, wish, fulfil, be · To what, where: property, messenger, shoes, period
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shoes, property, messenger), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 shoes | det |
| 2 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 possess | nsubj |
| 3 | possess | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 property | det |
| 5 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possess | obj |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 transporting | mark |
| 7 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 8 transporting | advmod |
| 8 | transporting | transport | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 property | acl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 transporting | obj |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 property | acl:relcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 has | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 has | compound:prt |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 place | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 place | det |
| 16 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | obl |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 period | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 period | det |
| 19 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 place | conj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 which | case |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 wishes | obl |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 wishes | nsubj |
| 23 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 24 wishes | amod |
| 24 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 period | appos |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 be | mark |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 wishes | acl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 wish | punct |
| 28 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 wish | det |
| 29 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possess | parataxis |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 time | punct |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 time | case |
| 32 | regards | regards | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 33 time | compound |
| 33 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possess | obl |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 place | cc |
| 35 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 time | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 state | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 state | cc |
| 38 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 time | appos |
| 39 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 40 being | mark |
| 40 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 state | acl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 fulfilled | punct |
| 42 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 fulfilled | aux |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 fulfilled | aux:pass |
| 44 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 45 fulfilled | advmod |
| 45 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 possess | parataxis |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 happy | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 happy | cc |
| 48 | so | so | ADV | _ | 54 happy | advmod |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 man | case |
| 50 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 man | amod |
| 51 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 happy | obl |
| 52 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 happy | aux |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 happy | cop |
| 54 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 fulfilled | parataxis |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 here | punct |
| 56 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 54 happy | parataxis |
| 57 | below | below | ADV | _ | 56 here | advmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 possess | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 possess | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | present | this shoes | the property | time | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot property=Theme | |||
| 2 | transport | gerund | the property not said here | messenger | instantly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | have on | present | the property | shoes = shoe | to the place or the period | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||
| 4 | wish | messenger | the period | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | fulfil | future · passive | immediately property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | is | future | at last man; happy property | tree rules |
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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