Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god, sentence 131
"Yes, I know that already," said Hjalmar, "my sister always allows her dolls to keep their birthdays or to have a wedding when they require new clothes; that has happened already a hundred times, I am quite sure."
Who acts: Hjalmar, sister, hens, that · What happens: know, say, allow, keep, have, require · To what, where: dolls, birthdays, wedding, new clothes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hjalmar, sister, hens, that), 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 know | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 know | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 said | mark |
| 7 | already | already | ADV | _ | 10 said | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 already | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 already | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | ccomp |
| 11 | Hjalmar | Hjalmar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 allows | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 allows | punct |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sister | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 allows | nsubj |
| 16 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 17 allows | advmod |
| 17 | allows | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 dolls | nmod:poss |
| 19 | dolls | doll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 allows | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 keep | mark |
| 21 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 allows | advcl |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 birthdays | nmod:poss |
| 23 | birthdays | birthday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 keep | obj |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 have | cc |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 have | mark |
| 26 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 keep | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 wedding | det |
| 28 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 have | obj |
| 29 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 require | advmod |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 require | nsubj |
| 31 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 have | advcl |
| 32 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 clothes | amod |
| 33 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 31 require | obj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 happened | punct |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 happened | nsubj |
| 36 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 happened | aux |
| 37 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 know | conj |
| 38 | already | already | ADV | _ | 40 hundred | advmod |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 hundred | det |
| 40 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 times | nummod |
| 41 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 happened | obl:unmarked |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 sure | punct |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 sure | nsubj |
| 44 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 sure | cop |
| 45 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 46 sure | advmod |
| 46 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 happened | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | Hjalmar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Hjalmar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | allow in a quote | present | my sister | sister's dolls | always property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | keep in a quote | to-infinitive | my sister not said here | hens's birthdays | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | to-infinitive | my sister not said here | a wedding | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient | ||||
| 6 | require in a quote | present | hens = hen | new clothes | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Precondition | ||||
| 7 | happen in a quote | present · perfect | that | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | Hjalmar | sure property | tree rules |
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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