Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Races, sentence 21
"I am able to affirm with word of oath, that each prize--at least, those for which I voted--was given with just and proper consideration," said the old boundary post in the wood, who was a member of the committee of judges. "
Who acts: old boundary post, wood · What happens: be, affirm, vote, give, say, word · To what, where: prize, member, oath · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Races. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old boundary post, wood), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 able | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 able | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 able | cop |
| 4 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 said | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 affirm | mark |
| 6 | affirm | affirm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 able | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 word | case |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affirm | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 oath | case |
| 10 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 word | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 prize | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 prize | mark |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 prize | det |
| 14 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affirm | obl |
| 15 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 19 those | punct |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 least | case |
| 17 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 those | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 least | punct |
| 19 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 affirm | obl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 which | case |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 voted | obl |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 voted | nsubj |
| 23 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 those | acl:relcl |
| 24 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 26 given | punct |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 given | aux:pass |
| 26 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 those | acl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 consideration | case |
| 28 | just | just | ADV | _ | 31 consideration | advmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 consideration | cc |
| 30 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 consideration | amod |
| 31 | consideration | consideration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 given | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 able | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 able | punct |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 post | det |
| 36 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 post | amod |
| 37 | boundary | boundary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 post | compound |
| 38 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 said | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 wood | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 wood | det |
| 41 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 post | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 member | punct |
| 43 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 member | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 member | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 member | det |
| 46 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wood | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 committee | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 committee | det |
| 49 | committee | committee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 member | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 judges | case |
| 51 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 committee | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 said | punct |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the old boundary post = post | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | affirm in a quote | to-infinitive | the old boundary post = post not said here | each prize | with word of oath; those obl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | vote in a quote | past | the old boundary post = post | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for which=Goal | |||||
| 4 | give in a quote | past · passive | with proper consideration | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V» | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the old boundary post | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a | past | the wood and a member | a member | of the committee of judges | tree rules | |||
| 7 | word in a quote | oath | nom word «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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