Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 38

If in the New Year I miss certain persons who used to be there, I am sure to notice others who are new arrivals; but this year I omitted taking my look at the guests, I bowled away on the boulders, rolled back through millions of years, and saw the stones break loose high up in the north, saw them drifting about on icebergs, long before Noah's ark was constructed, saw them sink down to the bottom of the sea, and re-appear with a sand-bank, with that one that peered forth from the flood and said, 'This shall be Zealand!'

Who acts: I, certain persons, others, stones, one, This · What happens: miss, use, be, notice, omit, take · To what, where: certain persons, others, new arrivals, look, boulders, millions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, certain persons, others, stones), 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	7 miss	mark
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 Year	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Year	det
4	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Year	compound
5	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 miss	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 miss	nsubj
7	miss	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sure	advcl
8	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 persons	amod
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 miss	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 used	nsubj
11	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 persons	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	14 there	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 there	cop
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 used	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 miss	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 sure	nsubj
17	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sure	cop
18	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	to	to	PART	_	20 notice	mark
20	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 sure	xcomp
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 notice	obj
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 arrivals	nsubj
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 arrivals	cop
24	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 arrivals	amod
25	arrivals	arrival	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 others	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 omitted	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	31 omitted	cc
28	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 year	det
29	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 omitted	obl:unmarked
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 omitted	nsubj
31	omitted	omit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sure	parataxis
32	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 omitted	advcl
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 look	nmod:poss
34	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 taking	obj
35	at	at	ADP	_	37 guests	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 guests	det
37	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 taking	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 bowled	punct
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 bowled	nsubj
40	bowled	bowl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 omitted	conj
41	away	away	ADV	_	40 bowled	advmod
42	on	on	ADP	_	44 boulders	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 boulders	det
44	boulders	boulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 bowled	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 rolled	punct
46	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 boulders	acl
47	back	back	ADV	_	46 rolled	advmod
48	through	through	ADP	_	49 millions	case
49	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 rolled	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 years	case
51	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 millions	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 saw	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 saw	cc
54	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 omitted	parataxis
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 stones	det
56	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 break	nsubj
57	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 saw	ccomp
58	loose	loose	ADV	_	60 up	advmod
59	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	60 up	advmod
60	up	up	ADV	_	57 break	advmod
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 north	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 north	det
63	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 break	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 saw	punct
65	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 saw	conj
66	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 saw	obj
67	drifting	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	65 saw	xcomp
68	about	about	ADV	_	67 drifting	advmod
69	on	on	ADP	_	70 icebergs	case
70	icebergs	iceberg	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 drifting	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 constructed	punct
72	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	78 constructed	advmod
73	before	before	SCONJ	_	78 constructed	mark
74	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 ark	nmod:poss
75	's	's	PART	_	74 Noah	case
76	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 constructed	nsubj:pass
77	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 constructed	aux:pass
78	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 drifting	advcl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 saw	punct
80	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 saw	parataxis
81	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 saw	obj
82	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 saw	xcomp
83	down	down	ADV	_	82 sink	advmod
84	to	to	ADP	_	86 bottom	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 bottom	det
86	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 sink	obl
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 sea	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 sea	det
89	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 bottom	nmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 re-appear	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 re-appear	cc
92	re-appear	re-appear	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 saw	conj
93	with	with	ADP	_	97 bank	case
94	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	97 bank	det
95	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 bank	compound
96	-	-	PUNCT	_	95 sand	punct
97	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 re-appear	nmod
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 one	punct
99	with	with	ADP	_	101 one	case
100	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	101 one	det
101	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 saw	conj
102	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	103 peered	nsubj
103	peered	peer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	101 one	acl:relcl
104	forth	forth	ADV	_	103 peered	advmod
105	from	from	ADP	_	107 flood	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 flood	det
107	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 peered	obl
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 said	cc
109	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	103 peered	conj
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	115 Zealand	punct
111	'	'	PUNCT	_	115 Zealand	punct
112	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	115 Zealand	nsubj
113	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	115 Zealand	aux
114	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	115 Zealand	cop
115	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	109 said	obl
116	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 sure	punct
117	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 sure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss a condition, not said to happen	present	I	certain persons		in the New Year		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus
2	use	past	certain persons					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive	certain persons not said here				there property	tree rules
4	is	present	I				sure property	tree rules
5	notice	to-infinitive	I not said here	others				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus
6	is a	present	others	new arrivals				tree rules
7	omit	past	I			year		vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
8	take	gerund	I not said here	my look			at the guests	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent look=Theme at guest=Asset
9	bowl away	past	I		the boulders		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boulder=Trajectory
10	roll back	participle		the boulders not said here	millions of years			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through million=Trajectory
11	see	past						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
12	break	present	the stones		the north			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location
13	see	past		stones = stone				tree rules
14	drift	gerund	stones = stone not said here		icebergs		about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on iceberg=Trajectory
15	construct	past · passive		Noah's ark			long property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
16	see	past		stones = stone				tree rules
17	sink down	infinitive	stones = stone not said here				to the bottom of the sea; down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
18	peer	past	that one				from the flood; forth property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from flood=Theme
19	say speech: assert	past	that one not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
20	is a	shall	This	Zealand				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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