Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bottle Neck, sentence 150
It has been raised from only a little sprig of myrtle that you gave me on the day after my betrothal, and from which I was to make my own bridal bouquet when a year had passed: but that day never came; the eyes were closed which were to have been my light and joy through life.
Who acts: you, I, year, my · What happens: raise, give, be, pass, not come, close · To what, where: tree, little sprig, myrtle, me, eyes, light
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, year, my), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 raised | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 raised | aux:pass |
| 4 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 sprig | case |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 sprig | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sprig | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sprig | amod |
| 9 | sprig | sprig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 raised | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 myrtle | case |
| 11 | myrtle | myrtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sprig | nmod |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 gave | obj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 gave | nsubj |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 myrtle | acl:relcl |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 gave | iobj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 day | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 day | det |
| 18 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 betrothal | case |
| 20 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 betrothal | nmod:poss |
| 21 | betrothal | betrothal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 day | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 make | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 make | cc |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 which | case |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 make | obl |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 make | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 make | cop |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 make | mark |
| 29 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 raised | parataxis |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 bouquet | nmod:poss |
| 31 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 bouquet | amod |
| 32 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 bouquet | amod |
| 33 | bouquet | bouquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 make | obj |
| 34 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 passed | advmod |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 year | det |
| 36 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 passed | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 passed | aux |
| 38 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 make | advcl |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 came | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 came | cc |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 day | det |
| 42 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 came | obl:unmarked |
| 43 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 44 came | advmod |
| 44 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 raised | parataxis |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 closed | punct |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 eyes | det |
| 47 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 closed | aux:pass |
| 49 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 raised | conj |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 light | nsubj |
| 51 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 light | cop |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 light | mark |
| 53 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 light | aux |
| 54 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 56 light | cop |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 light | nmod:poss |
| 56 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 closed | parataxis |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 joy | cc |
| 58 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 light | conj |
| 59 | through | through | ADP | _ | 60 life | case |
| 60 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 light | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | present · perfect · passive | tree | a little sprig of myrtle | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from sprig=Destination | ||||
| 2 | give | past | you | myrtle | me | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient that=Theme | ||
| 3 | is | past | I | make property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pass | past · perfect | a year | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | not come | past | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | close | past · passive | the eyes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 7 | is a | past · perfect | my light and joy | life | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | betroth | my | nom betrothal «communication transitive»: poss=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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