Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2, sentence 119
But Emily could only dance one dance--the first; for she made a false step--nothing of consequence; but her foot hurt her, so that she had to be careful, and leave off dancing, and look at the others.
Who acts: Emily, Mr., foot · What happens: dance, make, hurt, have, be, leave off · To what, where: one dance, false step, Mr., dancing
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 (Emily, Mr., foot), 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 | _ | 5 dance | cc |
| 2 | Emily | Emily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dance | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 dance | aux |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 dance | advmod |
| 5 | dance | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 dance | nummod |
| 7 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dance | obj |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 10 first | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 first | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 dance | amod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 made | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 made | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 made | nsubj |
| 14 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dance | parataxis |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 step | det |
| 16 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 step | amod |
| 17 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 made | obj |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 19 nothing | punct |
| 19 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 17 step | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 consequence | case |
| 21 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 nothing | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 hurt | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 hurt | cc |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 foot | nmod:poss |
| 25 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 hurt | nsubj |
| 26 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 made | conj |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 hurt | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 had | punct |
| 29 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 32 had | mark |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 so | fixed |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 had | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 hurt | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 careful | mark |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 careful | cop |
| 35 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 had | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 leave | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 leave | cc |
| 38 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dance | conj |
| 39 | off | off | ADP | _ | 38 leave | compound:prt |
| 40 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 leave | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 look | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 look | cc |
| 43 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dance | conj |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 46 others | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 others | det |
| 46 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 look | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dance | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | could | Emily | one dance | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dance=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | past | Mr. | a false step | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Product | ||||
| 3 | hurt | past | Mr.'s foot | Mr. | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | have | past | Mr. | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | to-infinitive | Mr. not said here | careful property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | leave off | infinitive | Emily not said here | dancing | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dancing=Theme | ||||
| 7 | look | infinitive | Emily not said here | at the others | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at other=Theme |
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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