Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god, sentence 24

This formed a copy; under these were other letters, which Hjalmar had written: they fancied they looked like the copy, but they were mistaken; for they were leaning on one side as if they intended to fall over the pencil-lines.

Who acts: This, these, letters · What happens: form, be, write, fancy, look, mistake · To what, where: copy, other letters, Hjalmar, letters, one side, pencil lines

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 (This, these, letters), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 formed	nsubj
2	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 copy	det
4	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formed	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 letters	punct
6	under	under	ADP	_	10 letters	case
7	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 letters	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 letters	cop
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 letters	amod
10	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 formed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 written	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 written	obj
13	Hjalmar	Hjalmar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 written	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 written	aux
15	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 letters	acl:relcl
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 fancied	punct
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fancied	nsubj
18	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 formed	parataxis
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 looked	nsubj
20	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 fancied	ccomp
21	like	like	ADP	_	23 copy	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 copy	det
23	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 looked	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 mistaken	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 mistaken	cc
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 mistaken	nsubj
27	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 mistaken	aux:pass
28	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 fancied	conj
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 leaning	punct
30	for	for	SCONJ	_	33 leaning	mark
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 leaning	nsubj
32	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 leaning	aux
33	leaning	lean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 formed	advcl
34	on	on	ADP	_	36 side	case
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 side	nummod
36	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 leaning	obl
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 intended	mark
38	if	if	SCONJ	_	40 intended	mark
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 intended	nsubj
40	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 leaning	advcl
41	to	to	PART	_	42 fall	mark
42	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 intended	xcomp
43	over	over	ADP	_	47 lines	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 lines	det
45	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 lines	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 pencil	punct
47	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 fall	obl
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 formed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	form	past	This	a copy			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location copy=Theme
2	is	past	these		other letters		tree rules
3	write	past · perfect · passive		Hjalmar			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient which=Topic
4	fancy	past	letters = letter				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	look	past	letters = letter			like the copy	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
6	mistake	past · passive		letters = letter			tree rules
7	lean	past · progressive	letters = letter		one side		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location
8	intend	past	letters = letter				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	fall not said to happen	to-infinitive	letters = letter not said here		the pencil lines		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over line=Location

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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