Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4, sentence 34

We see already, by the foregoing effusion, that he is become a poet; to give further proof of it, however, would in most cases be insipid, for it is a most foolish notion to fancy a poet different from other men.

Who acts: We, proof · What happens: see, forego, become, give, be, fancy · To what, where: fragrance, further proof, most cases, poet, proof

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, proof), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	already	already	ADV	_	2 see	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 effusion	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 effusion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 effusion	det
7	foregoing	forego	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 effusion	amod
8	effusion	effusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 become	punct
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 become	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 become	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 become	aux:pass
13	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 effusion	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 poet	det
15	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	xcomp
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 give	punct
17	to	to	PART	_	18 give	mark
18	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 see	parataxis
19	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 proof	amod
20	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 give	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 proof	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 insipid	punct
24	however	however	ADV	_	31 insipid	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 however	punct
26	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 insipid	aux
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 cases	case
28	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	29 cases	amod
29	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 insipid	obl
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 insipid	cop
31	insipid	insipid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 give	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 notion	punct
33	for	for	ADP	_	39 notion	case
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 notion	nsubj
35	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 notion	cop
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 notion	det
37	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	38 foolish	advmod
38	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 notion	amod
39	notion	notion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 give	parataxis
40	to	to	PART	_	41 fancy	mark
41	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 notion	acl
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 poet	det
43	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 fancy	obj
44	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 fancy	xcomp
45	from	from	ADP	_	47 men	case
46	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 men	amod
47	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 different	obl
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	We			by the foregoing effusion	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	forego	gerund					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	become	present · passive		fragrance			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
4	give	to-infinitive		further proof of proof			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Theme
5	is	would			most cases	however, insipid property	tree rules
6	is	present	proof			for a foolish notion	tree rules
7	fancy	to-infinitive		a poet		different property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poet=Stimulus
8	proof			proof			nom proof «cognition 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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