Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 28

The sentry, when he is relieved from his post, knows at least who will succeed him, and may whisper a few words to him, but the lamp did not know his successor, or he could have given him a few hints respecting rain, or mist, and could have informed him how far the moon's rays would rest on the pavement, and from which side the wind generally blew, and so on.

Who acts: sentry, lamp, few hints, rays, wind, moon · What happens: be, know, succeed, whisper, not know, give · To what, where: post, sentry, least, few words, successor, rain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Street Lamp. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sentry, lamp, few hints, rays), 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 sentry	det
2	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knows	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 relieved	punct
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 relieved	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 relieved	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 relieved	cop
7	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sentry	acl:relcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 post	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 post	nmod:poss
10	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 relieved	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 least	case
14	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 succeed	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 succeed	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 succeed	aux
17	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 knows	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 succeed	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 whisper	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 whisper	cc
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 whisper	aux
22	whisper	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 succeed	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 words	det
24	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 words	amod
25	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 whisper	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 whisper	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 know	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 know	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 lamp	det
31	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 know	nsubj
32	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 know	aux
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	34 know	advmod
34	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 knows	conj
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 successor	nmod:poss
36	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 know	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 given	punct
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	42 given	cc
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 given	nsubj:pass
40	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 given	aux
41	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	42 given	aux
42	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 know	parataxis
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 given	obj
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 hints	det
45	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 hints	amod
46	hints	hint	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 given	obj
47	respecting	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	46 hints	acl
48	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 respecting	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 mist	punct
50	or	or	CCONJ	_	51 mist	cc
51	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 rain	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 informed	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 informed	cc
54	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 informed	aux
55	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 informed	aux
56	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 knows	conj
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 informed	iobj
58	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	59 far	advmod
59	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	65 rest	advmod
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 moon	det
61	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 rays	nmod:poss
62	's	's	PART	_	61 moon	case
63	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 rest	nsubj
64	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 rest	aux
65	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 informed	ccomp
66	on	on	ADP	_	68 pavement	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 pavement	det
68	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 rest	obl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 blew	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 blew	cc
71	from	from	ADP	_	73 side	case
72	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	73 side	det
73	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 blew	obl
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 wind	det
75	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 blew	nsubj
76	generally	generally	ADV	_	77 blew	advmod
77	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 knows	conj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 on	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 on	cc
80	so	so	ADV	_	81 on	advmod
81	on	on	ADV	_	77 blew	advmod
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	sentry			sentry's post	relieved property	tree rules
2	know	present	the sentry					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	succeed	future		sentry		least		tree rules
4	whisper speech: assert	may		a few words	sentry			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to he=Recipient
5	not know	past · do-support	the lamp	sentry's successor				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer successor=Stimulus
6	give	could · perfect · passive		sentry				tree rules
7	respect	gerund	a few hints not said here	rain or mist				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus
8	inform speech: other	could · perfect	the sentry not said here		thing			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
9	rest	would	the moon's rays			the pavement	far property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pavement=Location
10	blow	past	the wind				from which side; generally property	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from side=Co-Patient
11	ray		the moon					nom ray «phenomenon 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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