Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 119
But little Denmark must take care what it is about, and not run counter to the moon; that great realm, that might in an ill-humor bestir itself, and dash down a hail-storm in our faces, or force the Baltic to overflow the sides of its gigantic basin.
Who acts: little Denmark, care, that, Baltic · What happens: take, be, not run, bestir, dash down, force · To what, where: care, counter, moon, realm, ill humor, hail storm
This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little Denmark, care, that, Baltic), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 take | cc |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Denmark | amod |
| 3 | Denmark | Denmark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 take | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 about | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 about | cop |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 what | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 run | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 run | cc |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 run | advmod |
| 14 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 take | conj |
| 15 | counter | counter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 run | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 moon | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 moon | det |
| 18 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 run | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 realm | punct |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 realm | det |
| 21 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 realm | amod |
| 22 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 bestir | punct |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 bestir | nsubj |
| 25 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 bestir | aux |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 humor | case |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 humor | det |
| 28 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 humor | amod |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 ill | punct |
| 30 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 bestir | obl |
| 31 | bestir | bestir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 realm | conj |
| 32 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 bestir | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 dash | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 dash | cc |
| 35 | dash | dash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 bestir | conj |
| 36 | down | down | ADP | _ | 35 dash | compound:prt |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 storm | det |
| 38 | hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 storm | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 hail | punct |
| 40 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 dash | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 faces | case |
| 42 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 faces | nmod:poss |
| 43 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 dash | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 force | punct |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 force | cc |
| 46 | force | force | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 bestir | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Baltic | det |
| 48 | Baltic | Baltic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 force | obj |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 overflow | mark |
| 50 | overflow | overflow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 force | xcomp |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 sides | det |
| 52 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 overflow | obj |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 basin | case |
| 54 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 basin | nmod:poss |
| 55 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 basin | amod |
| 56 | basin | basin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 sides | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | must | little Denmark | care | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | care | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not run | infinitive | little Denmark not said here | counter | the moon | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent counter=Theme to moon=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | bestir | might | that | realm | a ill humor | tree rules | |||
| 5 | dash down | infinitive | that not said here | a hail storm | our faces | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent storm=Theme in face=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | force | infinitive | that not said here | the Baltic | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent baltic=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | overflow | to-infinitive | the Baltic not said here | the sides of moon's gigantic basin | 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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