Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 46
I think these thanks are caught up, and the sunbeams bring the silent, hidden thankfulness over the head of the benefactor; and if it be a whole people that has been expressing its gratitude through a long lapse of time, the thankfulness appears as a nosegay of flowers, and at length falls in the form of a shooting star over the good man's grave.
Who acts: I, sunbeams, thankfulness, whole people, time · What happens: think, catch up, bring, be, express, appear · To what, where: thanks, silent hidden thankfulness, head, whole people, gratitude, long lapse · 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, sunbeams, thankfulness, whole people), 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 | 2 think | nsubj |
| 2 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 thanks | det |
| 4 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 caught | aux:pass |
| 6 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 think | ccomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 caught | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bring | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bring | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sunbeams | det |
| 11 | sunbeams | sunbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 bring | nsubj |
| 12 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 caught | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 thankfulness | det |
| 14 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 thankfulness | amod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 silent | punct |
| 16 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 thankfulness | amod |
| 17 | thankfulness | thankfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bring | obj |
| 18 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 head | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 head | det |
| 20 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bring | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 benefactor | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 benefactor | det |
| 23 | benefactor | benefactor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 head | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 people | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 people | cc |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 31 people | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 people | nsubj |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 people | cop |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 people | det |
| 30 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 people | amod |
| 31 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 think | ccomp |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 expressing | nsubj |
| 33 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 expressing | aux |
| 34 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 expressing | aux |
| 35 | expressing | express | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 people | acl:relcl |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 37 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 expressing | obj |
| 38 | through | through | ADP | _ | 41 lapse | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 lapse | det |
| 40 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 lapse | amod |
| 41 | lapse | lapse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 expressing | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 time | case |
| 43 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lapse | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 appears | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 thankfulness | det |
| 46 | thankfulness | thankfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 appears | nsubj |
| 47 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 expressing | parataxis |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 50 nosegay | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 nosegay | det |
| 50 | nosegay | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 appears | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 flowers | case |
| 52 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 nosegay | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 falls | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 falls | cc |
| 55 | at | at | ADP | _ | 56 length | case |
| 56 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 falls | obl |
| 57 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 appears | conj |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 form | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 form | det |
| 60 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 falls | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 star | case |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 star | det |
| 63 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 star | compound |
| 64 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 form | nmod |
| 65 | over | over | ADP | _ | 70 grave | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 man | det |
| 67 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 man | amod |
| 68 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 grave | nmod:poss |
| 69 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 68 man | case |
| 70 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 falls | obl |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | I | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | catch up | present · passive | this thanks | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | bring | present | the sunbeams | the silent hidden thankfulness | the head of the benefactor | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thankfulness=Theme | |||
| 4 | is a a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | thankfulness | a whole people | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | express | present · perfect · progressive | a whole people | thankfulness's gratitude | a long lapse of time | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | |||
| 6 | appear | present | the thankfulness | as a nosegay of flowers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | fall | present | the thankfulness not said here | length | in the form of a shooting star; over the good man's grave | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at length=Location | |||
| 8 | lapse | time | nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | form | a shooting star | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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