Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3, sentence 86
In the greatest perplexity, he now came out of the last heart in the row; he was unable to put his thoughts in order, and fancied that his too lively imagination had run away with him.
Who acts: man · What happens: come out, be, put, fancy, run away, think · To what, where: last heart, greatest perplexity, thoughts, order, lively imagination
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 (man), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 perplexity | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 perplexity | det |
| 3 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 perplexity | amod |
| 4 | perplexity | perplexity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 perplexity | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 came | advmod |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 heart | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 heart | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 heart | det |
| 12 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 heart | amod |
| 13 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 row | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 row | det |
| 16 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heart | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 unable | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 unable | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 unable | cop |
| 20 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 came | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 put | mark |
| 22 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 unable | xcomp |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 24 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 put | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 order | case |
| 26 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 put | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 fancied | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 fancied | cc |
| 29 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 run | mark |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 imagination | nmod:poss |
| 32 | too | too | ADV | _ | 33 lively | advmod |
| 33 | lively | lively | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 imagination | amod |
| 34 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 run | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 run | aux |
| 36 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 fancied | ccomp |
| 37 | away | away | ADV | _ | 36 run | advmod |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 run | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | man | the last heart in the row | the greatest perplexity | now | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result | ||
| 2 | is | past | man | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put | to-infinitive | man not said here | man's thoughts | order | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thought=Theme in order=Destination | |||
| 4 | fancy | past | man not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | run away | past · perfect · passive | man's lively imagination | with man; away property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product with he=Material | ||||
| 6 | think | man | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | imagine | man | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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