Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1, sentence 79
These words had been written at the dictation of the General's lady, and the General had read the inscription, and pronounced it "Charming!"
Who acts: General, lady · What happens: write, read, pronounce, dictate · To what, where: words, dictation, inscription
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (General, lady), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 words | det |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 written | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 written | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 written | aux:pass |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dictation | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dictation | det |
| 8 | dictation | dictation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 written | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lady | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 General | det |
| 11 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 lady | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 General | case |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dictation | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 read | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 read | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 General | det |
| 17 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 read | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 read | aux |
| 19 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 written | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 inscription | det |
| 21 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 read | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 pronounced | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 pronounced | cc |
| 24 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 written | parataxis |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 pronounced | obj |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Charming | punct |
| 27 | Charming | Charming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 pronounced | obj |
| 28 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 27 Charming | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 pronounced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · perfect · passive | this words | the dictation of the General's lady | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | past · perfect | the General | the inscription | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inscription=Topic | ||||
| 3 | pronounce | past | inscription | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme charming=Result | |||||
| 4 | dictate | the General's lady | nom dictation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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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