Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 29
On the bridge over the canal stood three persons, who wished to recommend themselves to the lamp, for they thought he could give the office to whomsoever he chose.
Who acts: three persons, persons, sentry · What happens: stand, wish, recommend, think, give, choose · To what, where: three persons, bridge, persons, lamp, office, whomsoever · 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 (three persons, persons, sentry), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 bridge | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bridge | det |
| 3 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stood | obl |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 canal | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 canal | det |
| 6 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bridge | nmod |
| 7 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 persons | nummod |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stood | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wished | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 wished | nsubj |
| 12 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 persons | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 recommend | mark |
| 14 | recommend | recommend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 wished | xcomp |
| 15 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 recommend | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 lamp | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 lamp | det |
| 18 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 recommend | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 thought | punct |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 thought | mark |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 thought | nsubj |
| 22 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wished | advcl |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 give | nsubj |
| 24 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 give | aux |
| 25 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 thought | ccomp |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 office | det |
| 27 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 give | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 whomsoever | case |
| 29 | whomsoever | whomsoever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 give | obl |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 chose | nsubj |
| 31 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 whomsoever | acl:relcl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | three persons | the bridge over the canal | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent person=Theme on bridge=Destination | ||||
| 2 | wish | past | three persons | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | recommend not said to happen | to-infinitive | three persons not said here | persons = person | the lamp | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic to lamp=Recipient | |||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | persons = person | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | give | could | sentry | the office | whomsoever | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent office=Theme to whomsoever=Recipient | |||
| 6 | choose | past | sentry | whomsoever not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whomsoever=Theme |
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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