Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 3, sentence 100
The General gave a very respectful invitation "that they might make each other's acquaintance," and he smiled in his certainty concerning the person he was inviting.
Who acts: General, respectful invitation · What happens: give, make, smile, concern, invite · To what, where: respectful invitation, acquaintance, person
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (General, respectful invitation), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 General | det |
| 2 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 invitation | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 respectful | advmod |
| 6 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 invitation | amod |
| 7 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 invitation | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 make | nsubj |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 make | nsubj |
| 11 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 make | aux |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 invitation | acl:relcl |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 other | det |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 acquaintance | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 other | case |
| 16 | acquaintance | acquaintance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 make | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 smiled | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 smiled | nsubj |
| 21 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gave | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 certainty | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 certainty | nmod:poss |
| 24 | certainty | certainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 smiled | obl |
| 25 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 smiled | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 person | det |
| 27 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 concerning | obj |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 inviting | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 inviting | aux |
| 30 | inviting | invite | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 person | acl:relcl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the General | a respectful invitation | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make in a quote | might | a respectful invitation | each other's acquaintance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product | ||||
| 3 | smile | past | General | in General's certainty | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in certainty=Theme | ||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | General not said here | the person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | invite | past · progressive | General | the person not said here | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
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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