Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, sentence 130
It has struck, and is fast embedded in the sand; but the rocket apparatus has thrown a rope on board, and formed a bridge from the wreck to the mainland; and all on board are saved, and reach the land, and are wrapped in warm blankets; and to-day they are invited to the farm at the convent of Borglum.
Who acts: ship · What happens: strike, embed, throw, form, save, reach · To what, where: sand, rocket apparatus, board, bridge, wreck, all
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ship), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | aux |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 embedded | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 embedded | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 embedded | aux:pass |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 embedded | advmod |
| 8 | embedded | embed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 struck | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sand | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sand | det |
| 11 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 embedded | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 thrown | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 apparatus | det |
| 15 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 apparatus | compound |
| 16 | apparatus | apparatus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 thrown | aux |
| 18 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 struck | conj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 rope | det |
| 20 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thrown | obj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 board | case |
| 22 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thrown | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 formed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 formed | cc |
| 25 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 thrown | advcl |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 bridge | det |
| 27 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 formed | obj |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 wreck | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 wreck | det |
| 30 | wreck | wreck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 formed | obl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 mainland | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 mainland | det |
| 33 | mainland | mainland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 wreck | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 saved | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 saved | cc |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 board | case |
| 38 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 all | nmod |
| 39 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 saved | aux:pass |
| 40 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 struck | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 reach | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 reach | cc |
| 43 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 saved | advcl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 land | det |
| 45 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 reach | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 wrapped | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 wrapped | cc |
| 48 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 wrapped | aux:pass |
| 49 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 struck | conj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 blankets | case |
| 51 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 blankets | amod |
| 52 | blankets | blanket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 wrapped | obl |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 invited | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 invited | cc |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 day | case |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 to | punct |
| 57 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 invited | obl |
| 58 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 invited | aux:pass |
| 60 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 struck | conj |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 farm | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 farm | det |
| 63 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 invited | obl |
| 64 | at | at | ADP | _ | 66 convent | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 convent | det |
| 66 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 invited | obl |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Borglum | case |
| 68 | Borglum | Borglum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 convent | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | present · perfect | ship | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | embed | present · passive | ship not said here | the sand | fast property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in sand=Destination | |||
| 3 | throw | present · perfect · passive | the rocket apparatus | board | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination rope=Theme | ||||
| 4 | form | past | a bridge | the wreck to the mainland | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent bridge=Result from wreck=Material | ||||
| 5 | save | present · passive | all | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | reach | infinitive | the land | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme | |||||
| 7 | wrap | present · passive | ship not said here | warm blankets | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: in blanket=Destination | ||||
| 8 | invite | present · passive | blankets = blanket | the convent of Borglum | day | to the farm | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
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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