Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3, sentence 58

Meanwhile he was haunted by the idea--he should like to possess such a pair of spectacles himself; then, perhaps, by using them circumspectly, one would be able to look into people's hearts, which, he thought, would be far more interesting than merely to see what was to happen next year; for that we should all know in proper time, but the other never.

Who acts: idea, beginning, one, we · What happens: haunt, like, possess, use, be, look · To what, where: beginning, pair, spectacles, hearts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, beginning, 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	Meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	4 haunted	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 haunted	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 haunted	aux:pass
4	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 like	advcl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 idea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 idea	det
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 haunted	obl
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	4 haunted	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 like	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 like	aux
11	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 possess	mark
13	possess	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 like	xcomp
14	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	16 pair	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pair	det
16	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 possess	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 spectacles	case
18	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 pair	nmod
19	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	18 spectacles	nmod:unmarked
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 perhaps	punct
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 perhaps	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 perhaps	punct
23	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	11 like	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 using	punct
25	by	by	SCONJ	_	26 using	mark
26	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 like	advcl
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 using	obj
28	circumspectly	circumspectly	ADV	_	26 using	advmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 able	punct
30	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 able	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 able	aux
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 able	cop
33	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 like	parataxis
34	to	to	PART	_	35 look	mark
35	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 able	xcomp
36	into	into	ADP	_	39 hearts	case
37	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 hearts	nmod:poss
38	's	's	PART	_	37 people	case
39	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 look	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 thought	punct
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 thought	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 which	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 thought	nsubj
44	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 hearts	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 interesting	punct
46	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 interesting	aux
47	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 interesting	cop
48	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	49 more	advmod
49	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	50 interesting	advmod
50	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 able	conj
51	than	than	ADP	_	52 merely	case
52	merely	merely	ADV	_	50 interesting	obl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 see	mark
54	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 interesting	advcl
55	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	58 happen	nsubj
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 happen	aux
57	to	to	PART	_	58 happen	mark
58	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 see	ccomp
59	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 year	amod
60	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 happen	obl:unmarked
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 know	punct
62	for	for	ADP	_	63 that	case
63	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 know	obl
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 know	nsubj
65	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 know	aux
66	all	all	ADV	_	67 know	advmod
67	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 like	conj
68	in	in	ADP	_	70 time	case
69	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 time	amod
70	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 know	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 other	punct
72	but	but	CCONJ	_	74 other	cc
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 other	det
74	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 like	parataxis
75	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	74 other	advmod
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	haunt	past · passive	the idea	beginning		meanwhile property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	like	should	beginning			perhaps property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	possess not said to happen	to-infinitive	beginning not said here	such pair of spectacles beginning			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pair=Theme
4	use	gerund	beginning not said here	spectacles = spectacle		circumspectly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
5	is	would	one			able property	tree rules
6	look	to-infinitive	one not said here			into people's hearts	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into heart=Theme
7	think speech: other	past	beginning	people's hearts			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is	would	one not said here			interesting property	tree rules
9	see	to-infinitive	one not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	happen	past			year		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	know	should	we		time	for that; all property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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