Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Puppet-show Man, sentence 38
The result seemed to prove I was right in my suspicions; for it was arranged that my highest wish should be granted, that my puppets were to be gifted with life, and that I was to be the manager of a real company.
Who acts: result, I, my · What happens: seem, prove, be, arrange, grant, gift · To what, where: suspicions, result, highest wish, puppets, manager
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Puppet-show Man. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (result, I, my), 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 result | det |
| 2 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seemed | nsubj |
| 3 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 prove | mark |
| 5 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 seemed | xcomp |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 right | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prove | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 suspicions | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 suspicions | nmod:poss |
| 11 | suspicions | suspicion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 right | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 arranged | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 arranged | mark |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 arranged | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 arranged | aux:pass |
| 16 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 seemed | parataxis |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 granted | mark |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 wish | nmod:poss |
| 19 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 wish | amod |
| 20 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 granted | aux |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 granted | aux:pass |
| 23 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 arranged | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 gifted | punct |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 gifted | mark |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 puppets | nmod:poss |
| 27 | puppets | puppet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 gifted | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 gifted | aux:pass |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 gifted | mark |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 gifted | aux:pass |
| 31 | gifted | gift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 arranged | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 life | case |
| 33 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 gifted | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 manager | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 manager | cc |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 manager | mark |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 manager | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 manager | cop |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 manager | mark |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 manager | cop |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 manager | det |
| 42 | manager | manager | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seemed | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 company | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 company | det |
| 45 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 company | amod |
| 46 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 manager | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 seemed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | the result | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | the result not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | I | my suspicions | right property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | arrange | past · passive | result | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 5 | grant | should · passive | my highest wish | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | gift | past · passive | my puppets | with life | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is a | past | I | the manager | of a real company | tree rules | |||
| 8 | suspect | my | nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | wish | my | nom wish «feeling 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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