Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 38
And the friends who saw his work shouted aloud for joy; they declared that this work was a manifestation of his artistic power, of which they had long been aware, and that now the world should be made aware of it too.
Who acts: friends, work, remembrance · What happens: see, shout, declare, be, make, work · To what, where: work, manifestation, world
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 (friends, work, remembrance), 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 | _ | 8 shouted | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friends | det |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shouted | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 friends | acl:relcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 work | nmod:poss |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 8 shouted | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 joy | case |
| 11 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shouted | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 declared | punct |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 declared | nsubj |
| 14 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 shouted | conj |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 manifestation | mark |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 work | det |
| 17 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 manifestation | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 manifestation | cop |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 manifestation | det |
| 20 | manifestation | manifestation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 declared | xcomp |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 power | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 power | nmod:poss |
| 23 | artistic | artistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 power | amod |
| 24 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 manifestation | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 aware | punct |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 aware | obl |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 aware | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 aware | aux |
| 30 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 aware | advmod |
| 31 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 aware | cop |
| 32 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 declared | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 made | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 made | cc |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 made | obl |
| 36 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 made | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 world | det |
| 38 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 made | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 made | aux |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 made | aux:pass |
| 41 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 aware | conj |
| 42 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 made | xcomp |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 it | case |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 aware | obl |
| 45 | too | too | ADV | _ | 41 made | advmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 shouted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the friends | remembrance's work | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | the friends | for joy; aloud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | declare speech: other | past | friends = friend | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | this work | a manifestation | of remembrance's artistic power | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is | past · perfect | friends = friend | aware, long property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | make | should · passive | the world | now | that obl; aware property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||
| 7 | work | remembrance | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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