Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 27
Days and weeks passed, and it was seen that the broken willow-branch which the peddlar had stuck into the ground near the ditch remained fresh and green--nay, it even put forth fresh twigs; the little goose-girl saw that the branch had taken root, and was very pleased; the tree, so she said, was now her tree.
Who acts: Days, broken willow branch, road, little goose girl, girl · What happens: pass, see, break, stick, remain, put · To what, where: tree, road, broken willow branch, ground, fresh twigs, branch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Days, broken willow branch, road, little goose girl), 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 | Days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 passed | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 weeks | cc |
| 3 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Days | conj |
| 4 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seen | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 seen | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 seen | aux:pass |
| 9 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 passed | parataxis |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 remained | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 branch | det |
| 12 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 branch | amod |
| 13 | willow | willow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 branch | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 willow | punct |
| 15 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 remained | nsubj |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 peddlar | det |
| 18 | peddlar | peddlar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 stuck | aux |
| 20 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 branch | acl:relcl |
| 21 | into | into | ADP | _ | 23 ground | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 ground | det |
| 23 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stuck | obl |
| 24 | near | near | ADP | _ | 26 ditch | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ditch | det |
| 26 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stuck | obl |
| 27 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 seen | advcl |
| 28 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 remained | xcomp |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 green | cc |
| 30 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 fresh | conj |
| 31 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 put | punct |
| 32 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 36 put | discourse |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 nay | punct |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 put | nsubj |
| 35 | even | even | ADV | _ | 36 put | advmod |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 seen | conj |
| 37 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 36 put | advmod |
| 38 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 twigs | amod |
| 39 | twigs | twig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 put | obj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 saw | punct |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 girl | det |
| 42 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 girl | amod |
| 43 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 girl | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 goose | punct |
| 45 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 saw | nsubj |
| 46 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | parataxis |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 taken | mark |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 branch | det |
| 49 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 taken | aux |
| 51 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 saw | ccomp |
| 52 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 taken | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 pleased | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 pleased | cc |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 pleased | cop |
| 56 | very | very | ADV | _ | 57 pleased | advmod |
| 57 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 saw | conj |
| 58 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 tree | punct |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 tree | det |
| 60 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 passed | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 said | punct |
| 62 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 said | advmod |
| 63 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 said | nsubj |
| 64 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | conj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 tree | punct |
| 66 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 tree | cop |
| 67 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 69 tree | advmod |
| 68 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 tree | nmod:poss |
| 69 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 said | ccomp |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | Days and weeks | the tree | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past · passive | road | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | stick | past · perfect · passive | the broken willow branch | the ground | near the ditch | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into ground=Destination | |||
| 5 | remain | past | the broken willow branch | fresh property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | put | present | road | fresh twigs | forth property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent twig=Goal | |||
| 7 | see | past | the little goose girl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | take | past · perfect · passive | the branch | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme root=Destination | |||||
| 9 | is | past | the little goose girl not said here | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | say speech: assert | past | girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | is a | past | girl's tree | now | tree rules |
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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