Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2, sentence 107
"How much the good God has given you that he has not given to us poor mortals," said Emily to him. "
Who acts: much good God, Emily · What happens: give, not give, say · To what, where: God, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (much good God, Emily), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
| 2 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 much | advmod |
| 3 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 God | amod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 God | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 God | amod |
| 6 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 given | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 said | ccomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 given | iobj |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 given | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 given | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 given | advmod |
| 14 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 given | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 us | case |
| 16 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 given | obl |
| 17 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 mortals | amod |
| 18 | mortals | mortal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 given | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | Emily | Emily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 said | nsubj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 said | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | present · perfect | the much good God | God | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not give in a quote | present · perfect · passive | God | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient mortal=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Emily | God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=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.
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