Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, sentence 163
"Everything," said the emperor, who, having dressed himself in his imperial robes, stood with the hand that held the heavy golden sword pressed to his heart.
Who acts: Everything, hand · What happens: say, dress, stand, hold, press · To what, where: emperor, imperial robes, heavy golden sword · 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 (Everything, hand), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Everything | punct |
| 2 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Everything | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Everything | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 emperor | det |
| 7 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 dressed | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 dressed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 dressed | punct |
| 11 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 dressed | aux |
| 12 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 emperor | acl |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 dressed | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 robes | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 robes | nmod:poss |
| 16 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 robes | amod |
| 17 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 dressed | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 stood | punct |
| 19 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 hand | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 hand | det |
| 22 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stood | obl |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 held | nsubj |
| 24 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 hand | acl:relcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sword | det |
| 26 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 sword | amod |
| 27 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 sword | amod |
| 28 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 held | obj |
| 29 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 sword | acl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 heart | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 heart | nmod:poss |
| 32 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 pressed | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Everything | the emperor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent emperor=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dress | gerund · perfect · passive | the emperor | emperor's imperial robes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | Everything not said here | with the hand | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | hold | past | the hand | the heavy golden sword | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 5 | press | participle | the heavy golden sword not said here | to emperor's heart | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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