Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Thirty-second Evening, sentence 4
First, the little round naked shoulder comes creeping out of the frock, then the arm; or I see how the stocking is drawn off, and a plump little white leg makes its appearance, and a white little foot that is fit to be kissed, and I kiss it too.
Who acts: little round naked shoulder, I, plump little white leg, white little foot · What happens: come, creep out, see, draw off, make, be · To what, where: frock, stocking, appearance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Thirty-second Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little round naked shoulder, I, plump little white leg, white little foot), 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 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 comes | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 First | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shoulder | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoulder | amod |
| 5 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoulder | amod |
| 6 | naked | naked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoulder | amod |
| 7 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comes | nsubj |
| 8 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | creeping | creep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 comes | xcomp |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 frock | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 frock | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 frock | det |
| 13 | frock | frock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 creeping | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 arm | punct |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 arm | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 arm | det |
| 17 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 frock | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 see | punct |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 see | cc |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 see | nsubj |
| 21 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 comes | parataxis |
| 22 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 drawn | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 stocking | det |
| 24 | stocking | stocking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 drawn | aux:pass |
| 26 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 see | ccomp |
| 27 | off | off | ADP | _ | 26 drawn | compound:prt |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 makes | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 makes | cc |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 leg | det |
| 31 | plump | plump | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 leg | amod |
| 32 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 leg | amod |
| 33 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 leg | amod |
| 34 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 makes | nsubj |
| 35 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 see | conj |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 37 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 makes | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 foot | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 foot | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 foot | det |
| 41 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 foot | amod |
| 42 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 foot | amod |
| 43 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 makes | obl |
| 44 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 fit | nsubj |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 fit | cop |
| 46 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 foot | acl:relcl |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 kissed | mark |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 kissed | aux:pass |
| 49 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 fit | xcomp |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 kiss | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 kiss | cc |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 kiss | nsubj |
| 53 | kiss | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 see | conj |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 kiss | obj |
| 55 | too | too | ADV | _ | 53 kiss | advmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 comes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the little round naked shoulder | first property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | creep out | gerund | the little round naked shoulder not said here | the frock and the arm | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location frock=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | draw off | present · passive | the stocking | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | make | present | a plump little white leg | leg's appearance | a white little foot obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | |||
| 6 | is | present | a white little foot | fit property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | kiss | to-infinitive · passive | a white little foot not said here | vn marry-36.2 «NP V» | |||||
| 8 | kiss | present | I | appearance | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-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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