Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4, sentence 80

I seem in unusually good spirits; my perception of things is clear, I feel as light and cheerful as though I were in heaven; but I know for a certainty, that if to-morrow a dim remembrance of it should swim before my mind, it will then seem nothing but stupid nonsense, as I have often experienced already--especially before I enlisted under the banner of the police, for that dispels like a whirlwind all the visions of an unfettered imagination.

Who acts: I, perception, dim remembrance, it, my · What happens: seem, be, feel, know, swim, experience · To what, where: heaven, morrow, nothing, banner, visions, things

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 (I, perception, dim remembrance, it), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 seem	nsubj
2	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 spirits	case
4	unusually	unusually	ADV	_	5 good	advmod
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spirits	amod
6	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seem	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 clear	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 perception	nmod:poss
9	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 clear	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 things	case
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 perception	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 clear	cop
13	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seem	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 feel	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 feel	nsubj
16	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 clear	parataxis
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 light	case
18	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cheerful	cc
20	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 light	conj
21	as	as	ADV	_	26 heaven	advmod
22	though	though	SCONJ	_	26 heaven	mark
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 heaven	nsubj
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 heaven	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 heaven	case
26	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 feel	advcl
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 know	cc
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 know	nsubj
30	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seem	parataxis
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 certainty	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 certainty	det
33	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 know	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 swim	punct
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 swim	mark
36	if	if	SCONJ	_	46 swim	mark
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 morrow	case
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 to	punct
39	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 swim	obl
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 remembrance	det
41	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 remembrance	amod
42	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 swim	nsubj
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 it	case
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 remembrance	nmod
45	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 swim	aux
46	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 know	conj
47	before	before	ADP	_	49 mind	case
48	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 mind	nmod:poss
49	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 swim	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 seem	punct
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 seem	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 seem	aux
53	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	54 seem	advmod
54	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 know	parataxis
55	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	54 seem	obj
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 nonsense	cc
57	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 nonsense	amod
58	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 nothing	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 experienced	punct
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 experienced	mark
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	64 experienced	nsubj
62	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 experienced	aux
63	often	often	ADV	_	64 experienced	advmod
64	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	54 seem	conj
65	already	already	ADV	_	64 experienced	advmod
66	--	--	PUNCT	_	70 enlisted	punct
67	especially	especially	ADV	_	70 enlisted	advmod
68	before	before	SCONJ	_	70 enlisted	mark
69	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	70 enlisted	nsubj
70	enlisted	enlist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 experienced	advcl
71	under	under	ADP	_	73 banner	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 banner	det
73	banner	banner	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 enlisted	obl
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 police	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 police	det
76	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 banner	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 dispels	punct
78	for	for	ADP	_	79 that	case
79	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	80 dispels	obl
80	dispels	dispel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 enlisted	conj
81	like	like	ADP	_	83 whirlwind	case
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 whirlwind	det
83	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 dispels	obl
84	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	86 visions	det:predet
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 visions	det
86	visions	vision	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 dispels	obj
87	of	of	ADP	_	90 imagination	case
88	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 imagination	det
89	unfettered	unfetter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 imagination	amod
90	imagination	imagination	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 visions	nmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seem	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	I				in good spirits	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in spirit=Attribute
2	is	present	my perception of things				clear property	tree rules
3	feel	present	I				as light	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent as light=Theme
4	is	past	I		heaven			tree rules
5	know	present	I				for a certainty	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	swim a condition, not said to happen	should	a dim remembrance of morrow		morrow	before my mind		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to morrow=Destination
7	seem	future	it	nothing		then		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nothing=Attribute
8	experience	present · perfect	I				often property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
9	enlist	past	I		the banner of the police		especially property	vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
10	dispel	present	I not said here	all visions of a unfettered imagination			for that; like a whirlwind	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vision=Patient
11	unfetter	participle						tree rules
12	perceive		my	things				nom perception «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
13	remember			morrow				nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient
14	mind		my					nom mind «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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