Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, sentence 65
The emperor was so delighted that he declared the nightingale should have his gold slipper to wear round her neck, but she declined the honor with thanks: she had been sufficiently rewarded already. "
Who acts: emperor, nightingale, gold slipper · What happens: be, declare, have, wear, decline, reward · To what, where: gold slipper, honor, 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 (emperor, nightingale, gold slipper), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delighted | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 delighted | advmod |
| 5 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 declared | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 declared | nsubj |
| 8 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nightingale | det |
| 10 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | nsubj |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 have | aux |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 declared | ccomp |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 slipper | nmod:poss |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 slipper | compound |
| 15 | slipper | slipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 wear | mark |
| 17 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 have | xcomp |
| 18 | round | round | ADP | _ | 20 neck | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 neck | nmod:poss |
| 20 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wear | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 declined | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 declined | cc |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 declined | nsubj |
| 24 | declined | decline | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | parataxis |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 honor | det |
| 26 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 declined | obj |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 thanks | case |
| 28 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 declined | obl |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 rewarded | punct |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 rewarded | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 rewarded | aux |
| 32 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 33 | sufficiently | sufficiently | ADV | _ | 34 rewarded | advmod |
| 34 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 declined | conj |
| 35 | already | already | ADV | _ | 34 rewarded | advmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delighted | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 delighted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the emperor | delighted property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | past | emperor | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | have | should | the nightingale | emperor's gold slipper | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | wear | to-infinitive | emperor's gold slipper not said here | round nightingale's neck | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | decline | past | nightingale | the honor | with thanks | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Theme | |||
| 6 | reward | past · perfect · passive | nightingale | sufficiently property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: 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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