Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 79
All this pomp and luxury seemed to weary him; but soon he felt relieved, for the princely old master of the house received him most graciously, almost heartily; and when he took his leave he was requested to step into the Signora's apartment, for she, too, wished to see him.
Who acts: pomp, Providence, princely old master · What happens: seem, weary, feel, receive, take, be · To what, where: Providence, leave, apartment, marble
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 (pomp, Providence, princely old master), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 pomp | det:predet |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 pomp | det |
| 3 | pomp | pomp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seemed | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 luxury | cc |
| 5 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pomp | conj |
| 6 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 weary | mark |
| 8 | weary | weary | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 seemed | xcomp |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 weary | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 felt | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 felt | cc |
| 12 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 felt | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 felt | nsubj |
| 14 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 seemed | conj |
| 15 | relieved | relieved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 felt | xcomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 master | punct |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 master | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 master | det |
| 19 | princely | princely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 master | amod |
| 20 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 master | amod |
| 21 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 felt | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 house | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 house | det |
| 24 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 received | obl |
| 25 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 master | acl:relcl |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 received | obj |
| 27 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 28 graciously | advmod |
| 28 | graciously | graciously | ADV | _ | 25 received | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 heartily | punct |
| 30 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 31 heartily | advmod |
| 31 | heartily | heartily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 graciously | conj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 took | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 took | cc |
| 34 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 took | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 took | nsubj |
| 36 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 seemed | conj |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 leave | nmod:poss |
| 38 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 took | obj |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 requested | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 requested | cop |
| 41 | requested | request | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 took | parataxis |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 step | mark |
| 43 | step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 requested | xcomp |
| 44 | into | into | ADP | _ | 48 apartment | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Signora | det |
| 46 | Signora | Signora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 apartment | nmod:poss |
| 47 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 46 Signora | case |
| 48 | apartment | apartment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 step | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 wished | punct |
| 50 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 55 wished | mark |
| 51 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 wished | nsubj:pass |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 she | punct |
| 53 | too | too | ADV | _ | 55 wished | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 too | punct |
| 55 | wished | wish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 took | parataxis |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 see | mark |
| 57 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 wished | xcomp |
| 58 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 see | obj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 seemed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | all pomp and luxury | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | weary | to-infinitive | all pomp and luxury not said here | Providence | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | Providence | for the princely old master; relieved, soon property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | receive | past | the princely old master not said here | Providence | of the house; graciously property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 5 | take | past | Providence | Providence's leave | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | past | Providence | request property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | step | to-infinitive | Providence not said here | the Signora's apartment | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into apartment=Destination | ||||
| 8 | wish | participle · passive | marble | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | Providence | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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