Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 16

He certainly had friends, young artists, like himself, young in spirit, young in hopes and thoughts; they told him he was rich in talent, and an artist, but that he was foolish for having no faith in his own power; for he always broke what he had fashioned out of clay, and never completed anything; and a work must be completed if it is to be seen and to bring money.

Who acts: art, friends · What happens: have, tell, be, break, not complete, complete · To what, where: friends, art, talent, faith, own power, anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Psyche. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (art, friends), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
2	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 artists	punct
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 artists	amod
7	artists	artist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 friends	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 himself	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 himself	case
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 had	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 young	punct
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 had	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 spirit	case
14	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 young	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 young	punct
16	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spirit	amod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 hopes	case
18	hopes	hope	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 young	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 thoughts	cc
20	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 hopes	conj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 told	punct
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	nsubj
23	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	iobj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 rich	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 rich	cop
27	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 told	ccomp
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 talent	case
29	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 rich	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 artist	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 artist	cc
32	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 artist	det
33	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 told	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 foolish	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 foolish	cc
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 foolish	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 foolish	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 foolish	cop
39	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 told	conj
40	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 having	mark
41	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 foolish	advcl
42	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	43 faith	det
43	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 having	obj
44	in	in	ADP	_	47 power	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 power	nmod:poss
46	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 power	amod
47	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 having	obl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 broke	punct
49	for	for	SCONJ	_	52 broke	mark
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 broke	nsubj
51	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	52 broke	advmod
52	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	parataxis
53	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	52 broke	obj
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 had	nsubj
55	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 what	acl:relcl
56	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 had	xcomp
57	out	out	ADP	_	59 clay	case
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 clay	case
59	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 fashioned	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 completed	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 completed	cc
62	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	63 completed	advmod
63	completed	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 broke	conj
64	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	63 completed	obj
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 completed	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 completed	cc
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 work	det
68	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 completed	nsubj:pass
69	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 completed	aux
70	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	71 completed	aux:pass
71	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 had	conj
72	if	if	SCONJ	_	77 seen	mark
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 seen	nsubj:pass
74	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 seen	aux:pass
75	to	to	PART	_	77 seen	mark
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	77 seen	aux:pass
77	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 completed	advcl
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 bring	cc
79	to	to	PART	_	80 bring	mark
80	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 seen	conj
81	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 bring	obj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	art	friends and young artists			like art; certainly property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	friends = friend		art			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is	past	art			talent	rich property	tree rules
4	is	past	art				foolish property	tree rules
5	have	gerund	art not said here	no faith		art's own power		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Patient
6	break	past	art				always property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Patient
7	have	past	art				fashioned property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	not complete	past	art not said here	anything				vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
9	complete	must · passive		a work				vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
10	see a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		work				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
11	bring	to-infinitive		money				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent money=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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