Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Sixteenth Evening, sentence 2
I have seen the cadet who had just been made an officer put on his handsome uniform for the first time; I have seen the young bride in her wedding dress, and the princess girl-wife happy in her gorgeous robes; but never have I seen a felicity equal to that of a little girl of four years old, whom I watched this evening.
Who acts: I · What happens: see, make, put, watch · To what, where: cadet, officer, handsome uniform, young bride, wedding dress, felicity
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Sixteenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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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 | 3 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 seen | aux |
| 3 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cadet | det |
| 5 | cadet | cadet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seen | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 made | obl |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 made | advmod |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 made | aux:pass |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 cadet | acl:relcl |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 officer | det |
| 12 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 13 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 officer | acl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 uniform | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 uniform | nmod:poss |
| 16 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 uniform | amod |
| 17 | uniform | uniform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 put | obl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 time | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 put | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 seen | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 seen | nsubj |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 seen | aux |
| 25 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 seen | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 bride | det |
| 27 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 bride | amod |
| 28 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 seen | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 dress | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 dress | nmod:poss |
| 31 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 dress | compound |
| 32 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 bride | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 happy | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 happy | cc |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 princess | det |
| 36 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 happy | nsubj |
| 37 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 wife | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 girl | punct |
| 39 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 princess | conj |
| 40 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 seen | conj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 robes | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 robes | nmod:poss |
| 43 | gorgeous | gorgeous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 robes | amod |
| 44 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 happy | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 seen | punct |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 have | cc |
| 47 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 48 have | advmod |
| 48 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 seen | aux |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 seen | nsubj |
| 50 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 seen | conj |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 felicity | det |
| 52 | felicity | felicity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 seen | obj |
| 53 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 felicity | amod |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 that | case |
| 55 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 equal | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 girl | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 girl | det |
| 58 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 girl | amod |
| 59 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 that | nmod |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 years | case |
| 61 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 62 years | nummod |
| 62 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 old | obl:unmarked |
| 63 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 girl | amod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 watched | punct |
| 65 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 67 watched | obj |
| 66 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 67 watched | nsubj |
| 67 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 felicity | acl:relcl |
| 68 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 69 evening | det |
| 69 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 watched | obl:unmarked |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · perfect | I | the cadet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cadet=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | make | past · perfect · passive | the cadet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: officer=Product | |||||
| 3 | put | participle | a officer not said here | Moon's handsome uniform | time | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on uniform=Destination | |||
| 4 | see | present · perfect | I | the young bride | bride's wedding dress | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | see | present · perfect | I | a felicity | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer felicity=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | watch | past | I | a felicity | evening | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme |
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: «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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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