Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 3, sentence 124
And the General also rode on his stick; he rode behind them in the character of groom to the little Privy Councillors.
Who acts: General · What happens: ride · To what, where: stick, character
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), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rode | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 General | det |
| 3 | General | General | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 rode | advmod |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 stick | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 stick | nmod:poss |
| 8 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 rode | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 rode | nsubj |
| 11 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rode | conj |
| 12 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 rode | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 character | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 character | det |
| 16 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rode | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 groom | case |
| 18 | groom | groom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 character | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Councillors | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Councillors | det |
| 21 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Councillors | amod |
| 22 | Privy | privy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Councillors | amod |
| 23 | Councillors | councillor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 rode | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the General | General's stick | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | ride | past | General | the character of groom | behind tragedy; to the little Privy Councillors | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to councillor=Trajectory |
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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