Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1, sentence 95
Yes, certainly, for she had given him the beautiful hymn-book in remembrance of this; and when the first new moon in the first new year after this event came round, he took a piece of bread, a penny, and his hymn-book, and went out into the open air, and opened the book to see what psalm he should turn up.
Who acts: Miss, first new moon, moon · What happens: give, come round, take, go out, open, see · To what, where: beautiful hymn book, fragrance, piece, open air, book, psalm
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 (Miss, first new moon, moon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 given | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 8 given | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 certainly | punct |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 given | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 given | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 given | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 book | det |
| 11 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 book | amod |
| 12 | hymn | hymn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 book | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 hymn | punct |
| 14 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 remembrance | case |
| 16 | remembrance | remembrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 book | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 this | case |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 remembrance | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 took | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 took | cc |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 came | advmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 moon | det |
| 23 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 25 moon | amod |
| 24 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 moon | amod |
| 25 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 came | nsubj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 year | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 year | det |
| 28 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 year | amod |
| 29 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 year | amod |
| 30 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 moon | nmod |
| 31 | after | after | ADP | _ | 33 event | case |
| 32 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 event | det |
| 33 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 year | nmod |
| 34 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 took | advcl |
| 35 | round | round | ADV | _ | 34 came | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 came | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 took | nsubj |
| 38 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | parataxis |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 piece | det |
| 40 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 took | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 bread | case |
| 42 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 piece | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 penny | punct |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 penny | det |
| 45 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 piece | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 book | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 book | cc |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 book | nmod:poss |
| 49 | hymn | hymn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 book | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 hymn | punct |
| 51 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 took | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 went | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 went | cc |
| 54 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 took | conj |
| 55 | out | out | ADV | _ | 54 went | advmod |
| 56 | into | into | ADP | _ | 59 air | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 air | det |
| 58 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 air | amod |
| 59 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 went | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 opened | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 opened | cc |
| 62 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 took | conj |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 book | det |
| 64 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 opened | obj |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 66 see | mark |
| 66 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 book | acl |
| 67 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 68 psalm | det |
| 68 | psalm | psalm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 see | obj |
| 69 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 turn | nsubj |
| 70 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 71 turn | aux |
| 71 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 psalm | acl:relcl |
| 72 | up | up | ADP | _ | 71 turn | compound:prt |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · perfect | Miss | the beautiful hymn book | fragrance | certainly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient book=Theme | ||
| 2 | come round | past | the first new moon in the first new year after this event | round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | moon | a piece of bread and a penny | moon's hymn book obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | |||
| 4 | go out | past | moon not said here | the open air | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | open | past | moon not said here | the book | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | to-infinitive | moon not said here | what psalm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer psalm=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | turn up | should | moon | what psalm not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location psalm=Theme | ||||
| 8 | remember | this | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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