Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Red Shoes, sentence 61
And as she danced past the open church door she saw an angel there in long white robes, with wings reaching from his shoulders down to the earth; his face was stern and grave, and in his hand he held a broad shining sword.
Who acts: fern, wings, face, angel · What happens: dance, see, reach, be, hold · To what, where: open church door, angel, long white robes, shoulders, broad shining sword, hand
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fern, wings, face, angel), 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 | _ | 11 saw | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 danced | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 danced | nsubj |
| 4 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saw | advcl |
| 5 | past | past | ADP | _ | 9 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 7 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 door | amod |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 door | compound |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 danced | obl |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 angel | det |
| 13 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | obj |
| 14 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 saw | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 robes | case |
| 16 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 robes | amod |
| 17 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 robes | amod |
| 18 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 saw | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 wings | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 wings | case |
| 21 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 robes | conj |
| 22 | reaching | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 wings | acl |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 shoulders | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 reaching | obl |
| 26 | down | down | ADV | _ | 22 reaching | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 earth | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 earth | det |
| 29 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 down | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 stern | punct |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 face | nmod:poss |
| 32 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 stern | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 stern | cop |
| 34 | stern | stern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 saw | conj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 grave | cc |
| 36 | grave | grave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 stern | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 held | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 held | cc |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 hand | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 hand | nmod:poss |
| 41 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 held | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 held | nsubj |
| 43 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saw | conj |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 sword | det |
| 45 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 sword | amod |
| 46 | shining | shining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 sword | compound |
| 47 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 held | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | fern | the open church door | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme past door=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | see | past | fern | a angel | long white robes and wings; there | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer angel=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | reach | gerund | wings not said here | angel's shoulders | down property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | is | past | angel's face | stern property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | be | angel's face not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | hold | past | angel | a broad shining sword | angel's hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in hand=Location |
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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