Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 186
She did not see her brothers, but she felt as it were a fire burning in her hand, which, however, did not hurt her, for it was the jewel she was bringing to her father.
Who acts: page, dream, fire, hand · What happens: not see, feel, be, burn, not hurt, bring · To what, where: brothers, hand, page, jewel, father
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 (page, dream, fire, hand), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 felt | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 felt | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 felt | nsubj |
| 10 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | conj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 fire | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fire | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 fire | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fire | det |
| 15 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 felt | obl |
| 16 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 fire | acl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 hand | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 hand | nmod:poss |
| 19 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 burning | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 hurt | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 hurt | nsubj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 which | punct |
| 23 | however | however | ADV | _ | 27 hurt | advmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 however | punct |
| 25 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 hurt | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 hurt | advmod |
| 27 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 hand | acl:relcl |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 hurt | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 jewel | punct |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 jewel | case |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 jewel | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 jewel | cop |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 jewel | det |
| 34 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 hurt | obl |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 bringing | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 bringing | aux |
| 37 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 jewel | acl:relcl |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 father | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 father | nmod:poss |
| 40 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 bringing | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · do-support | page | page's brothers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | page | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | past | dream | as a fire | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | burn | gerund | a fire not said here | page's hand | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | ||||
| 5 | not hurt | past · do-support | page's hand | page | however property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient | |||
| 6 | is | past | dream | for the jewel | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | bring | past · progressive | page | the jewel not said here | page's father | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme to father=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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