Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, sentence 38
"Little maiden," said the lord-in-waiting, "I will obtain for you constant employment in the kitchen, and you shall have permission to see the emperor dine, if you will lead us to the nightingale; for she is invited for this evening to the palace."
Who acts: waiting, you, emperor · What happens: say, obtain, have, see, dine, lead · To what, where: permission, us, nightingale · 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 (waiting, you, emperor), 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 | _ | 3 maiden | punct |
| 2 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 maiden | amod |
| 3 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 maiden | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 maiden | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 waiting | det |
| 8 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 waiting | nsubj |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 waiting | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 waiting | case |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 in | punct |
| 12 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 obtain | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 obtain | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 obtain | nsubj |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 obtain | aux |
| 17 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 employment | case |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 employment | nsubj |
| 20 | constant | constant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 employment | amod |
| 21 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 obtain | obl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 kitchen | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 kitchen | det |
| 24 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 employment | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 have | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 have | cc |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 have | nsubj |
| 28 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 have | aux |
| 29 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 obtain | conj |
| 30 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 have | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 see | mark |
| 32 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 permission | acl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 emperor | det |
| 34 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 dine | nsubj |
| 35 | dine | dine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 see | ccomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 lead | punct |
| 37 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 40 lead | mark |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 lead | nsubj |
| 39 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 lead | aux |
| 40 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 have | parataxis |
| 41 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 lead | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 nightingale | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 nightingale | det |
| 44 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lead | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 invited | punct |
| 46 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 invited | mark |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 invited | aux:pass |
| 49 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 lead | conj |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 evening | case |
| 51 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 evening | det |
| 52 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 invited | obl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 palace | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 palace | det |
| 55 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 invited | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 obtain | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 obtain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the waiting | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | obtain in a quote | future | the waiting = waiting | for constant employment in the kitchen | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for employment=Asset | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | shall | you | permission | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Patient | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | permission not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | dine in a quote | infinitive | the emperor | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | lead a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | us | the nightingale | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme to nightingale=Destination | |||
| 7 | invite in a quote | present · passive | nightingale | evening | to the palace | 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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