Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Second Visit, sentence 28
There is an old legend about a saint who was allowed to choose one of the seven deadly sins, and who accordingly chose drunkenness, which appeared to him the least, but which led him to commit all the other six.
Who acts: old legend, saint, drunkenness, legend · What happens: be, allow, choose, appear, lead, commit · To what, where: saint, one, drunkenness, least, legend, other six
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Second Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old legend, saint, drunkenness, legend), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 legend | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 legend | amod |
| 5 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 saint | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 saint | det |
| 8 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 legend | nmod |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 allowed | aux:pass |
| 11 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 saint | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 choose | mark |
| 13 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 allowed | xcomp |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 choose | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 sins | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sins | det |
| 17 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 sins | nummod |
| 18 | deadly | deadly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 sins | amod |
| 19 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 one | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 chose | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 chose | cc |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 chose | obj |
| 23 | accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 24 chose | advmod |
| 24 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 is | parataxis |
| 25 | drunkenness | drunkenness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 chose | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 appeared | punct |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 appeared | nsubj |
| 28 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 drunkenness | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 appeared | obl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 least | det |
| 32 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 28 appeared | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 led | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 led | cc |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 led | nsubj |
| 36 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 chose | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 led | obj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 commit | mark |
| 39 | commit | commit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 led | xcomp |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 six | det:predet |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 six | det |
| 42 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 six | amod |
| 43 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 commit | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a old legend about a saint | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | allow | past · passive | a saint | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | choose not said to happen | to-infinitive | a saint not said here | one of the seven deadly sins | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 4 | choose | past | drunkenness | accordingly property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent who=Beneficiary drunkenness=Theme | ||||
| 5 | appear | past | drunkenness | the least | legend | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | lead | past | legend | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | |||||
| 7 | commit | to-infinitive | legend not said here | all other six | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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