Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 125

Arrived at its confines, he mounted on the back of an ostrich, which runs faster than a horse, and afterwards, when he fell in with the wild swans, he swung himself on the strongest of them, for he loved change, and away he flew over the sea to distant lands, where there were great forests, deep lakes, lofty mountains, and proud cities.

Who acts: man, ostrich, great forests · What happens: arrive, mount, run, fall in, swing, love · To what, where: confines, back, man, change, proud cities, sea

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, ostrich, great forests), 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	Arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 mounted	advcl
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 confines	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 confines	nmod:poss
4	confines	confines	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Arrived	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Arrived	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mounted	nsubj
7	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 back	det
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mounted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 ostrich	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ostrich	det
13	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 back	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 runs	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 runs	nsubj
16	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ostrich	acl:relcl
17	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 runs	advmod
18	than	than	ADP	_	20 horse	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 horse	det
20	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 faster	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fell	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 fell	cc
23	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	27 fell	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fell	punct
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 fell	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 fell	nsubj
27	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mounted	conj
28	in	in	ADV	_	27 fell	advmod
29	with	with	ADP	_	32 swans	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 swans	det
31	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 swans	amod
32	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 fell	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 swung	punct
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 swung	nsubj
35	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mounted	parataxis
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	35 swung	obj
37	on	on	ADP	_	39 strongest	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 strongest	det
39	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	35 swung	advcl
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 them	case
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 strongest	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 loved	punct
43	for	for	SCONJ	_	45 loved	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 loved	nsubj
45	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 swung	conj
46	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 loved	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 flew	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 flew	cc
49	away	away	ADV	_	51 flew	advmod
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 flew	nsubj
51	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mounted	conj
52	over	over	ADP	_	54 sea	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 sea	det
54	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 flew	obl
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 lands	case
56	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 lands	amod
57	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 flew	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 were	punct
59	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	61 were	advmod
60	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	61 were	expl
61	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 lands	conj
62	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 forests	amod
63	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 were	nsubj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 lakes	punct
65	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 lakes	amod
66	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 forests	conj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 mountains	punct
68	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 mountains	amod
69	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 forests	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 cities	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 cities	cc
72	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 cities	amod
73	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 flew	obl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 mounted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arrive	participle	man not said here		foot's confines		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mount	past	man		the back of a ostrich		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination
3	run	present	a ostrich			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fall in	past	man			with the wild swans; afterwards property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	swing	past	man	man			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
6	love	past	man	change			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus
7	fly	past	man	proud cities	the sea	to distant lands; away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over sea=Location
8	be	past	great forests and deep lakes and lofty mountains		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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