Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, sentence 13
And the travellers, on their return home, related what they had seen; and learned men wrote books, containing descriptions of the town, the palace, and the gardens; but they did not forget the nightingale, which was really the greatest wonder.
Who acts: Travellers, men, nightingale · What happens: see, learn, write, contain, not forget, be · To what, where: books, descriptions, nightingale, greatest wonder, town · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Travellers, men, nightingale), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 travellers | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 travellers | det |
| 3 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 return | punct |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 return | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 return | nmod:poss |
| 7 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 travellers | appos |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 return | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 related | punct |
| 10 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 return | amod |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 seen | obj |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 seen | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 seen | aux |
| 14 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 related | acl:relcl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 learned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 learned | cc |
| 17 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 related | parataxis |
| 18 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 wrote | nsubj |
| 19 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 learned | ccomp |
| 20 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 wrote | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 containing | punct |
| 22 | containing | contain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 wrote | advcl |
| 23 | descriptions | description | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 containing | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 town | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 town | det |
| 26 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 descriptions | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 palace | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 palace | det |
| 29 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 town | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 gardens | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 gardens | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 gardens | det |
| 33 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 containing | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 forget | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 forget | cc |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 forget | nsubj |
| 37 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 forget | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 forget | advmod |
| 39 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 learned | conj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 nightingale | det |
| 41 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 forget | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 wonder | punct |
| 43 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 wonder | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 wonder | cop |
| 45 | really | really | ADV | _ | 48 wonder | advmod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 wonder | det |
| 47 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 48 wonder | amod |
| 48 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 nightingale | appos |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 travellers | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · perfect | Travellers = traveller | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | learn | past | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | write | past | men | books | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | ||||
| 4 | contain | gerund | men not said here | descriptions of the town and the palace | the gardens obl | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot description=Theme | |||
| 5 | not forget | past · do-support | Travellers = traveller | the nightingale | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | the nightingale | the greatest wonder | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | return | Travellers = traveller | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | describe | the town and the palace | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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