Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Sixteenth Evening, sentence 3
She had received a new blue dress, and a new pink hat, the splendid attire had just been put on, and all were calling for a candle, for my rays, shining in through the windows of the room, were not bright enough for the occasion, and further illumination was required.
Who acts: bride, all, new pink hat, my · What happens: receive, put on, call, shine, not be, require · To what, where: new blue dress, splendid attire, windows, further illumination · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (bride, all, new pink hat, my), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 received | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 received | aux |
| 3 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dress | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dress | amod |
| 6 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dress | amod |
| 7 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 received | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 bright | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 bright | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 hat | det |
| 11 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hat | amod |
| 12 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hat | amod |
| 13 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 bright | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 put | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 attire | det |
| 16 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 attire | amod |
| 17 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 put | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 put | aux |
| 19 | just | just | ADV | _ | 21 put | advmod |
| 20 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 put | aux:pass |
| 21 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 hat | conj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 put | compound:prt |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 calling | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 calling | cc |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 calling | nsubj |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 calling | aux |
| 27 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 put | advcl |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 candle | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 candle | det |
| 30 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 calling | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 rays | punct |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 rays | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 rays | nmod:poss |
| 34 | rays | ray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 calling | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 shining | punct |
| 36 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 calling | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADV | _ | 36 shining | advmod |
| 38 | through | through | ADP | _ | 40 windows | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 windows | det |
| 40 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 shining | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 room | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 room | det |
| 43 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 windows | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hat | punct |
| 45 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 bright | cop |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 bright | advmod |
| 47 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 received | parataxis |
| 48 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 47 bright | advmod |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 occasion | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 occasion | det |
| 51 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 bright | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 required | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 required | cc |
| 54 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 illumination | amod |
| 55 | illumination | illumination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 required | nsubj:pass |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 required | aux:pass |
| 57 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 received | conj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past · perfect | bride | a new blue dress | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put on | past · perfect · passive | the splendid attire | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | |||||
| 3 | call | past · progressive | all | for a candle; for my rays | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for candle=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | shine | gerund | all not said here | the windows of the room | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Location | ||||
| 5 | not is | past | a new pink hat | for the occasion; bright, enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | require | past · passive | further illumination | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | |||||
| 7 | ray | my | nom ray «phenomenon 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: «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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