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Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4, sentence 73

Light and air contend with chivalric emulation for the love of the fair flower that bestowed her chief favors on the latter; full of longing she turned towards the light, and as soon as it vanished, rolled her tender leaves together and slept in the embraces of the air.

Who acts: Light, fair flower, love, tender · What happens: contend, bestow, long, turn, vanish, roll · To what, where: chief favors, latter, light, embraces, fair flower, air

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 (Light, fair flower, love, tender), 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

nsubjccconjcaseamodoblcasedetnmodcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relclnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctparataxismarkadvclnsubjccompcasedetoblpunctccadvmodadvmodmarknsubjparataxispunctconjnmod:possnsubjccompadvmodccconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootLightNOUNandCCONJairNOUNcontendVERBwithADPchivalricADJemulationNOUNforADPtheDETloveNOUNofADPtheDETfairADJflowerNOUNthatPRONbestowedVERBherPRONchiefADJfavorsNOUNonADPtheDETlatterADJ;PUNCTfullADJofSCONJlongingVERBshePRONturnedVERBtowardsADPtheDETlightNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasADVsoonADVasSCONJitPRONvanishedVERB,PUNCTrolledVERBherPRONtenderNOUNleavesVERBtogetherADVandCCONJsleptVERBinADPtheDETembracesNOUNofADPtheDETairNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LightlightNOUNNumber=Sing4 contendnsubj
2andandCCONJ_3 aircc
3airairNOUNNumber=Sing1 Lightconj
4contendcontendVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5withwithADP_7 emulationcase
6chivalricchivalricADJDegree=Pos7 emulationamod
7emulationemulationNOUNNumber=Sing4 contendobl
8forforADP_10 lovecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 lovedet
10loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing7 emulationnmod
11ofofADP_14 flowercase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 flowerdet
13fairfairADJDegree=Pos14 floweramod
14flowerflowerNOUNNumber=Sing10 lovenmod
15thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 bestowednsubj
16bestowedbestowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 floweracl:relcl
17herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 favorsnmod:poss
18chiefchiefADJDegree=Pos19 favorsamod
19favorsfavorNOUNNumber=Plur16 bestowedobj
20ononADP_22 lattercase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 latterdet
22latterlatterADJDegree=Pos16 bestowedobl
23;;PUNCT_24 fullpunct
24fullfullADJDegree=Pos4 contendparataxis
25ofofSCONJ_26 longingmark
26longinglongVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 fulladvcl
27sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 turnednsubj
28turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 longingccomp
29towardstowardsADP_31 lightcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 lightdet
31lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing28 turnedobl
32,,PUNCT_38 vanishedpunct
33andandCCONJ_38 vanishedcc
34asasADV_35 soonadvmod
35soonsoonADVDegree=Pos38 vanishedadvmod
36asasSCONJ_38 vanishedmark
37ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 vanishednsubj
38vanishedvanishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 contendparataxis
39,,PUNCT_40 rolledpunct
40rolledrollVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 vanishedconj
41herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 tendernmod:poss
42tendertenderNOUNNumber=Sing43 leavesnsubj
43leavesleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 rolledccomp
44togethertogetherADV_43 leavesadvmod
45andandCCONJ_46 sleptcc
46sleptsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 vanishedconj
47ininADP_49 embracescase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 embracesdet
49embracesembraceNOUNNumber=Plur46 sleptobl
50ofofADP_52 aircase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 airdet
52airairNOUNNumber=Sing49 embracesnmod
53..PUNCT_4 contendpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1contendpresentLight and airwith chivalric emulation for the love of the fair flowervn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with emulation=Co-Agent
2bestowpastthe fair flowerlight's chief favorsthe lattertree rules
3longgerundLight and air not said herevn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4turnpastlightthe lightvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards light=Trajectory
5vanishpastlovesoon propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6rollpastlove not said heretree rules
7leavepresentlight's tendertogether propertyvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8sleeppastlove not said herethe embraces of the airvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in embrace=Location
9lovethe fair flowernom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient
10favorlightnom favor «act transitive»: poss=agent
11tenderlightnom tender «possession transitive»: poss=agent
12embracethe airnom embrace «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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