Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, (written For the Schiller Album), sentence 43
But he had his number, and his own peg; for everything here was ordered like clockwork, which we all know is of the greatest utility--people get on so much better together when their position and duties are understood.
Who acts: father, we, own peg, people · What happens: have, order, know, be, get on, understand · To what, where: number, everything, clockwork, position
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, (written For the Schiller Album). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, we, own peg, people), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 had | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 number | nmod:poss |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 peg | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 peg | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 peg | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 peg | amod |
| 10 | peg | peg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 utility | nsubj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 ordered | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 everything | case |
| 13 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 ordered | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 everything | advmod |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 ordered | aux:pass |
| 16 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 peg | conj |
| 17 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 clockwork | case |
| 18 | clockwork | clockwork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ordered | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 know | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 know | obj |
| 21 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 know | nsubj |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 know | advmod |
| 23 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 clockwork | acl:relcl |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 utility | cop |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 utility | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 utility | det |
| 27 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 28 utility | amod |
| 28 | utility | utility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | parataxis |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 get | punct |
| 30 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 get | nsubj |
| 31 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 utility | parataxis |
| 32 | on | on | ADV | _ | 31 get | advmod |
| 33 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 much | advmod |
| 34 | much | much | ADV | _ | 35 better | advmod |
| 35 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 get | xcomp |
| 36 | together | together | ADV | _ | 35 better | advmod |
| 37 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 understood | advmod |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 position | nmod:poss |
| 39 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 understood | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 duties | cc |
| 41 | duties | duty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 position | conj |
| 42 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 understood | aux:pass |
| 43 | understood | understand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 better | advcl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | father | father's number | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | ||||
| 2 | order | past · passive | everything | like clockwork | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know | present | we | clockwork | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is | present | father's own peg | of the greatest utility | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | get on | present | people | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | understand | present · passive | people's position and duties | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
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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