Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 42
The quiet gentle lady did not remain long at home here on earth, for the good God called her away; and, indeed, her home was rather with Him than in the knightly house; and the church bells tolled solemnly when her corpse was carried to the church, and the eyes of the poor people were wet with tears, for she had been good to them.
Who acts: quiet gentle lady, good God, home, eyes, lady · What happens: not remain, call away, be, toll, carry · To what, where: earth, lady, church bells, corpse, church, eyes
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (quiet gentle lady, good God, home, eyes), 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 | 4 lady | det |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lady | amod |
| 3 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lady | amod |
| 4 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remain | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 remain | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 remain | advmod |
| 7 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 remain | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 long | obl |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 remain | advmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 earth | case |
| 13 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 remain | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 called | punct |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 19 called | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 God | det |
| 17 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 God | amod |
| 18 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 called | nsubj |
| 19 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 remain | parataxis |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 called | obj |
| 21 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 called | advmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 Him | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 Him | cc |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 and | punct |
| 25 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 32 Him | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Him | punct |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 home | nmod:poss |
| 28 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Him | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 Him | cop |
| 30 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 32 Him | advmod |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 Him | case |
| 32 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 remain | parataxis |
| 33 | than | than | ADP | _ | 37 house | case |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 house | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 house | det |
| 36 | knightly | knightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 house | amod |
| 37 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Him | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 bells | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 bells | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 bells | det |
| 41 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 bells | compound |
| 42 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 remain | conj |
| 43 | tolled | toll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 bells | acl |
| 44 | solemnly | solemnly | ADV | _ | 43 tolled | advmod |
| 45 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 49 carried | mark |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 corpse | nmod:poss |
| 47 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 carried | aux:pass |
| 49 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 tolled | advcl |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 church | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 church | det |
| 52 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 carried | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 wet | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 wet | cc |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 eyes | det |
| 56 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 wet | nsubj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 people | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 people | det |
| 59 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 people | amod |
| 60 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 eyes | nmod |
| 61 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 wet | cop |
| 62 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 carried | conj |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 tears | case |
| 64 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 wet | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 good | punct |
| 66 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 70 good | mark |
| 67 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 good | nsubj |
| 68 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 good | aux |
| 69 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 70 good | cop |
| 70 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 wet | conj |
| 71 | to | to | ADP | _ | 72 them | case |
| 72 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 good | obl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 remain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not remain | past · do-support | the quiet gentle lady | earth; here | long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | |||
| 2 | call away speech: assert | past | the good God | lady | away property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||
| 3 | is | past | lady's home | with God; than the knightly house; indeed property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | toll | participle | the church bells not said here | solemnly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | carry | past · passive | lady's corpse | the church | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to church=Destination | ||||
| 6 | is | past | the eyes of the poor people | with tears; wet property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is | past · perfect | lady | eyes = eye | good property | tree rules |
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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