Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snail and the Rose-tree, sentence 1
Round about the garden ran a hedge of hazel-bushes; beyond the hedge were fields and meadows with cows and sheep; but in the middle of the garden stood a Rose-tree in bloom, under which sat a Snail, whose shell contained a great deal--that is, himself.
Who acts: fields, shell, that · What happens: run, be, stand, sit, contain · To what, where: hedge, Rose tree, middle, Snail, great deal, shell
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Snail and the Rose-tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fields, shell, that), 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 | Round | round | ADV | _ | 5 ran | advmod |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 garden | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 garden | det |
| 4 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hedge | det |
| 7 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bushes | case |
| 9 | hazel | hazel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bushes | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 hazel | punct |
| 11 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hedge | nmod |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 were | punct |
| 13 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 15 hedge | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hedge | det |
| 15 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 were | obl |
| 16 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ran | conj |
| 17 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 were | nsubj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 meadows | cc |
| 19 | meadows | meadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 fields | conj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 cows | case |
| 21 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 meadows | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 sheep | cc |
| 23 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 cows | conj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 stood | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 stood | cc |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 middle | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 middle | det |
| 28 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 stood | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 garden | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 garden | det |
| 31 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 middle | nmod |
| 32 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ran | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 tree | det |
| 34 | Rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tree | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 Rose | punct |
| 36 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 stood | obj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 bloom | case |
| 38 | bloom | bloom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 stood | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 sat | punct |
| 40 | under | under | ADP | _ | 41 which | case |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 sat | nsubj |
| 42 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 stood | conj |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 Snail | det |
| 44 | Snail | snail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 sat | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 contained | punct |
| 46 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 47 shell | nmod:poss |
| 47 | shell | shell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 contained | nsubj |
| 48 | contained | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 Snail | acl:relcl |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 deal | det |
| 50 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 deal | amod |
| 51 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 contained | obj |
| 52 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 56 himself | punct |
| 53 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 himself | nsubj |
| 54 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 himself | cop |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 is | punct |
| 56 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 32 stood | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | a hedge of hazel bushes | about the garden; round property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hedge=Theme about garden=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | be | past | fields and meadows with cows and sheep | the hedge | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond hedge=Location | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | a Rose tree | the middle of the garden | in bloom | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in middle=Destination | |||
| 4 | sit | past | a Snail | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location snail=Theme | |||||
| 5 | contain | past | shell | a great deal | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deal=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | that | shell | 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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