Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Third Visit, sentence 47

"When I read a good book, an historical work, I always think at last of the poetry of what I am reading, and of the omnibus of death, and wonder, which of the hero's deeds Death took out of the savings bank for him, and what provisions he got on the journey into eternity.

Who acts: potsherds, Death, provisions · What happens: read, think, take out, get · To what, where: good book, last, savings bank, journey

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Third Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (potsherds, Death, provisions), 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	_	4 read	punct
2	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 read	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 book	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 book	amod
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 work	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 work	det
10	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 work	amod
11	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 book	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 think	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 think	nsubj
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 think	advmod
15	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 read	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 last	case
17	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 think	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 poetry	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 poetry	det
20	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 last	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 what	case
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 poetry	nmod
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 reading	nsubj
24	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 reading	aux
25	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 what	acl:relcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 omnibus	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 omnibus	cc
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 omnibus	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 omnibus	det
30	omnibus	omnibus	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 think	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 death	case
32	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 omnibus	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 wonder	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 wonder	cc
35	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 omnibus	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 deeds	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 deeds	nsubj
38	of	of	ADP	_	42 deeds	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 hero	det
40	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 deeds	nmod:poss
41	's	's	PART	_	40 hero	case
42	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 omnibus	conj
43	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 took	nsubj
44	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 deeds	acl:relcl
45	out	out	ADP	_	49 bank	case
46	of	of	ADP	_	49 bank	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 bank	det
48	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	49 bank	compound
49	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 took	obl
50	for	for	ADP	_	51 him	case
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 took	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 what	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 what	cc
54	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 read	parataxis
55	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 got	nsubj
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 got	nsubj
57	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 what	acl:relcl
58	on	on	ADP	_	60 journey	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 journey	det
60	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 got	obl
61	into	into	ADP	_	62 eternity	case
62	eternity	eternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 got	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	past	potsherds = potsherd	a good book and a historical work				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
2	think speech: other in a quote	present	potsherds = potsherd		last of the poetry of last of the poetry of last		of the omnibus of death and wonder and the hero's deeds; always property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	read in a quote	present · progressive	potsherds = potsherd					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	take out in a quote	past	Death	the savings bank			for poetry	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Theme
5	get in a quote	past	provisions		the journey	into eternity		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into eternity=Destination

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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