Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, sentence 107
Anthony thought it a very beautiful but mournful story; yet he never feared anything so sad would happen to him and Molly, as he passed the spot, whistling the air of a song, composed by the minstrel Walter, called the "Willow bird," beginning--
Who acts: Anthony, anything · What happens: think, not fear, happen, pass, whistle, compose · To what, where: blossom, beginning, Anthony, spot, air, minstrel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Anthony, anything), 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 | Anthony | Anthony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 beautiful | advmod |
| 6 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 story | amod |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 mournful | cc |
| 8 | mournful | mournful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 beautiful | conj |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 feared | punct |
| 11 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 14 feared | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 feared | nsubj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 feared | advmod |
| 14 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | parataxis |
| 15 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 19 happen | nsubj |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 sad | advmod |
| 17 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 anything | amod |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 happen | aux |
| 19 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 feared | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 happen | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Molly | cc |
| 23 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 him | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 passed | punct |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 passed | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 passed | nsubj |
| 27 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 feared | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 spot | det |
| 29 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 passed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 whistling | punct |
| 31 | whistling | whistle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 passed | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 air | det |
| 33 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 whistling | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 song | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 song | det |
| 36 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 air | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 composed | punct |
| 38 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 passed | conj |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 minstrel | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 minstrel | det |
| 41 | minstrel | minstrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 composed | obl |
| 42 | Walter | Walter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 minstrel | appos |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 called | punct |
| 44 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 minstrel | acl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 bird | det |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 bird | punct |
| 47 | Willow | Willow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 bird | compound |
| 48 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 called | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 beginning | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 beginning | punct |
| 51 | beginning | beginning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feared | obl |
| 52 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 14 feared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Anthony | blossom | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme story=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | not fear | past | Anthony | beginning | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | happen | would | anything | Anthony | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pass | past | Anthony | the spot | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spot=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | whistle | gerund | Anthony not said here | the air of a song | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic | ||||
| 6 | compose | participle | Anthony not said here | by the minstrel | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | call | participle | the minstrel not said here | the Willow bird | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=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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