Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 85
He observed that the wreath which rightly belonged to the beautiful was often given the hideous; that the good was often passed by unnoticed, while mediocrity was applauded, when it should have been hissed.
Who acts: good, wreath · What happens: observe, belong, give, pass, applaud, hiss · To what, where: wreath, good, mediocrity
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 (good, wreath), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 observed | nsubj |
| 2 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 given | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wreath | det |
| 5 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 given | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 belonged | nsubj |
| 7 | rightly | rightly | ADV | _ | 8 belonged | advmod |
| 8 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wreath | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 beautiful | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 beautiful | det |
| 11 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 belonged | obl |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | aux:pass |
| 13 | often | often | ADV | _ | 14 given | advmod |
| 14 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 observed | ccomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hideous | det |
| 16 | hideous | hideous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 given | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 passed | punct |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 passed | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 good | det |
| 20 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 passed | aux:pass |
| 22 | often | often | ADV | _ | 23 passed | advmod |
| 23 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 observed | conj |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 unnoticed | case |
| 25 | unnoticed | unnoticed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 passed | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 applauded | punct |
| 27 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 30 applauded | mark |
| 28 | mediocrity | mediocrity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 applauded | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 applauded | aux:pass |
| 30 | applauded | applaud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 passed | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 hissed | punct |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 hissed | advmod |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 hissed | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 hissed | aux |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 hissed | aux |
| 36 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 hissed | aux:pass |
| 37 | hissed | hiss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 applauded | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 observed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past | good | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | belong | past | the wreath | to the beautiful; rightly property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | past · passive | the wreath | often property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient hideous=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pass | past · passive | the good | by unnoticed; often property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme by unnoticed=Destination | ||||
| 5 | applaud | past · passive | mediocrity | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | hiss | should · perfect · passive | mediocrity | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/85/