Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 97
To it the space between the heavenly bodies is not greater than the distance between the homes of our friends in town is for us, even if they live a short way from each other; such an electric shock in the heart, however, costs us the use of the body here below; unless, like the watchman of East Street, we happen to have on the Shoes of Fortune.
Who acts: space, distance, friends, we · What happens: not be, be, live, cost, happen, have · To what, where: soul, short way, each, use, us, 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 (space, distance, friends, 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 it | case |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 greater | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 space | det |
| 4 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 greater | nsubj |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 bodies | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bodies | det |
| 7 | heavenly | heavenly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bodies | amod |
| 8 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 space | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 greater | cop |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 greater | advmod |
| 11 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 12 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 25 us | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 distance | det |
| 14 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 us | nsubj |
| 15 | between | between | ADP | _ | 17 homes | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 homes | det |
| 17 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 distance | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 friends | case |
| 19 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 friends | nmod:poss |
| 20 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 homes | nmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 town | case |
| 22 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 friends | nmod |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 us | cop |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 us | case |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 greater | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 live | punct |
| 27 | even | even | ADV | _ | 30 live | advmod |
| 28 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 30 live | mark |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 live | nsubj |
| 30 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 greater | conj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 way | det |
| 32 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 way | amod |
| 33 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 live | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 each | case |
| 35 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 30 live | obl |
| 36 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 each | fixed |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 shock | punct |
| 38 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 41 shock | det:predet |
| 39 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 shock | det |
| 40 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 shock | amod |
| 41 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 greater | parataxis |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 heart | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 heart | det |
| 44 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 shock | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 costs | punct |
| 46 | however | however | ADV | _ | 48 costs | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 however | punct |
| 48 | costs | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 shock | parataxis |
| 49 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 costs | iobj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 use | det |
| 51 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 costs | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 body | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 body | det |
| 54 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 use | nmod |
| 55 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 below | advmod |
| 56 | below | below | ADV | _ | 48 costs | advmod |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 happen | punct |
| 58 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 68 happen | mark |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 watchman | punct |
| 60 | like | like | ADP | _ | 62 watchman | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 watchman | det |
| 62 | watchman | watchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 happen | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Street | case |
| 64 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Street | compound |
| 65 | Street | Street | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 watchman | nmod |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 watchman | punct |
| 67 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 68 happen | nsubj |
| 68 | happen | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 costs | advcl |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 have | mark |
| 70 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 happen | xcomp |
| 71 | on | on | ADP | _ | 73 Shoes | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 Shoes | det |
| 73 | Shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 have | obl |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 Fortune | case |
| 75 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 Shoes | nmod |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 greater | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the space between the heavenly bodies | soul | great property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | the distance between the homes of our friends in town | for us | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live a condition, not said to happen | present | friends = friend | a short way | each | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | cost | present | the use of the body | us | below, however property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme we=Beneficiary use=Value | |||
| 5 | happen a condition, not said to happen | present | we | like the watchman of East Street | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have | to-infinitive | we not said here | the Shoes of Fortune | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | use | the body | nom use «act transitive»: of=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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