Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Portuguese Duck, sentence 4
But of all the family one only remained in the duckyard, which may be called a farmyard, as the chickens were admitted, and the cock strutted about in a very hostile manner. "
What happens: remain, call, admit, strut · To what, where: family, duckyard, chickens, cock · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Portuguese Duck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 remained | cc |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 family | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 family | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 remained | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 family | flat |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 remained | advmod |
| 8 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 duckyard | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 duckyard | det |
| 11 | duckyard | duckyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 remained | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 called | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 called | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 called | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 called | aux:pass |
| 16 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 duckyard | acl:relcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 farmyard | det |
| 18 | farmyard | farmyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 called | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 admitted | punct |
| 20 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 admitted | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 chickens | det |
| 22 | chickens | chicken | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 admitted | aux:pass |
| 24 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 remained | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 cock | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 cock | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 cock | det |
| 28 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 admitted | obl |
| 29 | strutted | strut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 cock | acl |
| 30 | about | about | ADP | _ | 35 manner | case |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 manner | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 manner | det |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 hostile | advmod |
| 34 | hostile | hostile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 manner | amod |
| 35 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 strutted | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 remained | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 remained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | participle · passive | all family | the duckyard | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | call | may · passive | the duckyard | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | admit speech: other | past · passive | the chickens | the cock obl | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | strut | participle | the cock not said here | about a hostile manner | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about manner=Trajectory |
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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