Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 42
I will blow into your brain, so that in future you shall not only be able to remember all that you have seen or heard in the past, but your light within shall be so bright, that you shall be able to understand all that is said or done in your presence."
Who acts: I, you, that, light, your · What happens: blow, not be, remember, see, hear, be · To what, where: brain, future, past, that, presence · 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 (I, you, that, light), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 blow | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 blow | aux |
| 3 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 brain | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brain | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blow | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 able | punct |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 17 able | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 so | fixed |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 future | case |
| 11 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 able | obl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 able | nsubj |
| 13 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 able | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 able | advmod |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 able | advmod |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 able | cop |
| 17 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blow | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 remember | mark |
| 19 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 able | xcomp |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 seen | det:predet |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 seen | nsubj |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 seen | nsubj |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 seen | aux |
| 24 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 remember | ccomp |
| 25 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 heard | cc |
| 26 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 seen | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 past | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 past | det |
| 29 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 heard | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 bright | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 bright | cc |
| 32 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 light | nmod:poss |
| 33 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 bright | nsubj |
| 34 | within | within | ADP | _ | 33 light | nmod |
| 35 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 bright | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 bright | cop |
| 37 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 bright | advmod |
| 38 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blow | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 able | punct |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 able | mark |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 able | nsubj |
| 42 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 able | aux |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 able | cop |
| 44 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blow | conj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 understand | mark |
| 46 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 able | xcomp |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 said | det:predet |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 said | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 said | aux:pass |
| 50 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 understand | ccomp |
| 51 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 52 done | cc |
| 52 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 said | conj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 presence | case |
| 54 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 presence | nmod:poss |
| 55 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 done | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blow | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 blow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | future | I | your brain | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into brain=Product | ||||
| 2 | not is | shall | you | future | able property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | remember | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | see | present · perfect | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | hear | participle | that not said here | the past | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | is | shall | your light | bright property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is | shall | you | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | understand | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | present · passive | that | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 10 | do | participle | your presence | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | light | your | nom light «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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