Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 64
The Star of the roseate dawn beheld and understood what was stirring within the young man, and could read the meaning of the changing color of his cheek, of the light that flashed from his eye, as he stood busily working, reproducing what had been put into his soul from above.
Who acts: Star, light, part · What happens: behold, understand, stir, read, change, flash · To what, where: meaning, eye, soul, changing color
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 (Star, light, part), 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 Star | det |
| 2 | Star | Star | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 beheld | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dawn | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dawn | det |
| 5 | roseate | roseate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dawn | amod |
| 6 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Star | nmod |
| 7 | beheld | behold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 understood | cc |
| 9 | understood | understand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 beheld | conj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 stirring | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stirring | aux |
| 12 | stirring | stir | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 understood | advcl |
| 13 | within | within | ADP | _ | 16 man | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 15 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 man | amod |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stirring | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 read | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 read | cc |
| 19 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 read | aux |
| 20 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 beheld | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 meaning | det |
| 22 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 read | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 color | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 color | det |
| 25 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 color | amod |
| 26 | color | color | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 meaning | nmod |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 cheek | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 29 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 color | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 light | punct |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 light | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 light | det |
| 33 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 read | obl |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 flashed | nsubj |
| 35 | flashed | flash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 light | acl:relcl |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 eye | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 eye | nmod:poss |
| 38 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 flashed | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 stood | punct |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 stood | mark |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 stood | nsubj |
| 42 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 read | conj |
| 43 | busily | busily | ADV | _ | 42 stood | advmod |
| 44 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 stood | advcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 reproducing | punct |
| 46 | reproducing | reproduce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 working | conj |
| 47 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 50 put | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 put | aux |
| 49 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 50 put | aux:pass |
| 50 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 reproducing | parataxis |
| 51 | into | into | ADP | _ | 53 soul | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 soul | nmod:poss |
| 53 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 put | obl |
| 54 | from | from | ADP | _ | 55 above | case |
| 55 | above | above | ADV | _ | 50 put | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 beheld | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | participle | the Star of the roseate dawn | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | understand | participle | the Star of the roseate dawn not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | stir | past · progressive | within the young man | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | read | could | the Star of the roseate dawn not said here | the meaning of the changing color of part's cheek | of the light | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | |||
| 5 | change | gerund | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | flash | past | the light | part's eye | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | stand | past | part | busily property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | work | gerund | part not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | reproduce | gerund | part not said here | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | put | past · perfect · passive | part's soul | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | |||||
| 11 | mean | the changing color of part's cheek | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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