Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Our Aunt, sentence 103

This our aunt had destined as a legacy for a worthy old spinster who had no friends; it was to be devoted to a yearly subscription for a place in the second tier, on the left side, for the Saturday evening, "for on that evening two pieces were always given," it said in the will; and the only condition laid upon the person who enjoyed the legacy was, that she should think, every Saturday evening, of our aunt, who was lying in her grave.

Who acts: aunt, worthy old spinster, spinster, person, only condition · What happens: destine, have, devote, give, say, lay · To what, where: friends, spinster, left side, two pieces, only condition, legacy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Our Aunt. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (aunt, worthy old spinster, spinster, person), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 aunt	det
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 aunt	nmod:poss
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destined	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 destined	aux
5	destined	destine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 legacy	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 legacy	det
8	legacy	legacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destined	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	13 spinster	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spinster	det
11	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spinster	amod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 spinster	amod
13	spinster	spinster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destined	obl
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 spinster	acl:relcl
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 friends	det
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 had	obj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 devoted	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 devoted	nsubj:pass
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 devoted	aux:pass
21	to	to	PART	_	23 devoted	mark
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 devoted	aux:pass
23	devoted	devote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 destined	parataxis
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 subscription	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 subscription	det
26	yearly	yearly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 subscription	amod
27	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 devoted	obl
28	for	for	ADP	_	30 place	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 place	det
30	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 devoted	obl
31	in	in	ADP	_	34 tier	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 tier	det
33	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	34 tier	amod
34	tier	tier	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 place	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 side	punct
36	on	on	ADP	_	39 side	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 side	det
38	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 side	amod
39	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 devoted	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 evening	punct
41	for	for	ADP	_	44 evening	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 evening	det
43	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 evening	compound
44	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 devoted	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 evening	punct
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 evening	punct
47	for	for	ADP	_	50 evening	case
48	on	on	ADP	_	50 evening	case
49	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 evening	det
50	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 devoted	obl
51	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	52 pieces	nummod
52	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 given	nsubj:pass
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 given	aux:pass
54	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	55 given	advmod
55	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 devoted	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 said	punct
57	"	"	PUNCT	_	59 said	punct
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 said	nsubj
59	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 given	conj
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 will	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 will	det
62	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 said	ccomp
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 think	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 think	cc
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 condition	det
66	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 condition	amod
67	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 think	nsubj
68	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 condition	acl
69	upon	upon	ADP	_	71 person	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 person	det
71	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 laid	obl
72	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 enjoyed	nsubj
73	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 person	acl:relcl
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 legacy	det
75	legacy	legacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 enjoyed	obj
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 think	cop
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 think	punct
78	that	that	SCONJ	_	81 think	mark
79	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 think	nsubj
80	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 think	aux
81	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 destined	conj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 evening	punct
83	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	85 evening	det
84	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 evening	compound
85	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 think	obl:unmarked
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 aunt	punct
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 aunt	case
88	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	89 aunt	nmod:poss
89	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 think	obl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 lying	punct
91	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	93 lying	nsubj
92	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	93 lying	aux
93	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	89 aunt	acl:relcl
94	in	in	ADP	_	96 grave	case
95	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	96 grave	nmod:poss
96	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 lying	obl
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 destined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destine	past · perfect	our aunt				as a legacy; for a worthy old spinster	tree rules
2	have	past	a worthy old spinster	no friends				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	devote	past · passive		spinster	the left side	evening	to a yearly subscription; for a place in the second tier	tree rules
4	give in a quote	past · passive		two pieces			always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	spinster					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	lay	participle		the only condition not said here			upon the person	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon person=Destination
7	enjoy	past	the person	the legacy				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer legacy=Stimulus
8	is	should · past	the only condition			evening	of our aunt; think property	tree rules
9	lie	past · progressive	our aunt		aunt's grave			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=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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