Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Grave-stone, sentence 8

"Any one can see that it is a grave-stone," said the eldest of the children; "the representation of an hour-glass and part of the figure of an angel can still be traced, but the inscription beneath is quite worn out, excepting the name 'Preben,' and a large 'S' close by it, and a little farther down the name of 'Martha' can be easily read.

Who acts: one, stone · What happens: see, be, say, trace, wear out, except · To what, where: grave stone, representation, inscription beneath, name, hour glass, angel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Grave-stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, stone), 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	_	5 see	punct
2	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 said	ccomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 stone	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stone	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stone	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stone	det
10	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stone	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 grave	punct
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 eldest	det
17	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 said	ccomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 children	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 children	det
20	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 eldest	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 traced	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 representation	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 representation	det
24	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 traced	nsubj:pass
25	of	of	ADP	_	29 glass	case
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 glass	det
27	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 glass	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 hour	punct
29	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 representation	nmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 part	cc
31	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 glass	conj
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 figure	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 figure	det
34	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 part	nmod
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 angel	case
36	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 angel	det
37	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 figure	nmod
38	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 traced	aux
39	still	still	ADV	_	41 traced	advmod
40	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 traced	aux:pass
41	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 said	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 worn	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 worn	cc
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 beneath	det
45	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 beneath	compound
46	beneath	beneath	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 worn	nsubj:pass
47	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 worn	aux:pass
48	quite	quite	ADV	_	49 worn	advmod
49	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	82 read	advcl
50	out	out	ADP	_	49 worn	compound:prt
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 excepting	punct
52	excepting	except	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 worn	advcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 name	det
54	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 excepting	obj
55	'	'	PUNCT	_	56 Preben	punct
56	Preben	Preben	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 name	appos
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 excepting	punct
58	'	'	PUNCT	_	52 excepting	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 large	cc
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 large	det
61	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 worn	conj
62	'S	's	PART	_	61 large	case
63	'	'	PUNCT	_	64 close	punct
64	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 large	conj
65	by	by	ADP	_	66 it	case
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 close	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 farther	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 farther	cc
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 little	det
70	little	little	ADV	Degree=Pos	71 farther	advmod
71	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	49 worn	advmod
72	down	down	ADP	_	74 name	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 name	det
74	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 worn	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 Martha	case
76	'	'	PUNCT	_	77 Martha	punct
77	Martha	Martha	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 name	nmod
78	'	'	PUNCT	_	77 Martha	punct
79	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 read	aux
80	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	82 read	aux:pass
81	easily	easily	ADV	_	82 read	advmod
82	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 said	parataxis
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	can	any one				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a in a quote	present	stone	a grave stone			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	trace in a quote	can · passive		the representation of a hour glass and part of the figure of a angel	still		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	wear out in a quote	present · passive		the inscription beneath		down the name of Martha; far property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
6	except in a quote	gerund		the name			tree rules
7	read in a quote	can · passive				easily property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»
8	represent in a quote			a hour glass and part of the figure of a angel			nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
9	figure in a quote			a angel			nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient
10	name in a quote			Martha			nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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