Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 91
Behold--there are certain things in the world to which one ought never to give utterance except with the greatest caution; but doubly careful must one be when we have the Shoes of Fortune on our feet.
Who acts: one, we · What happens: not give, be, have · To what, where: utterance, world, Shoes
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 (one, we), 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 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 4 are | discourse |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 1 Behold | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 are | expl |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 careful | cop |
| 5 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 things | amod |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 are | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 things | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 give | obl |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 give | nsubj |
| 13 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 give | aux |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 16 give | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 give | mark |
| 16 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 world | acl:relcl |
| 17 | utterance | utterance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 give | obj |
| 18 | except | except | ADP | _ | 22 caution | case |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 caution | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 caution | det |
| 21 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 22 caution | amod |
| 22 | caution | caution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 utterance | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 careful | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 careful | cc |
| 25 | doubly | doubly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 careful | advmod |
| 26 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 27 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 careful | aux |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 must | conj |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 one | acl:relcl |
| 30 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 have | advmod |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 have | nsubj |
| 32 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 be | ccomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Shoes | det |
| 34 | Shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 have | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Fortune | case |
| 36 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Shoes | nmod |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 feet | case |
| 38 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 feet | nmod:poss |
| 39 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 Fortune | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 careful | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give | ought | one | utterance | the world | except the greatest caution | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent utterance=Theme to which=Recipient | ||
| 2 | is | must · present | careful, doubly property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have | present | we | the Shoes of Fortune on our feet | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |
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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