Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1, sentence 60

The purple heather still extends for miles, with its barrows and aerial spectacles, intersected with sandy uneven roads, just as it did then; towards the west, where broad streams run into the bays, are marshes and meadows encircled by lofty, sandy hills, which, like a chain of Alps, raise their pointed summits near the sea; they are only broken by high ridges of clay, from which the sea, year by year, bites out great mouthfuls, so that the overhanging banks fall down as if by the shock of an earthquake.

Who acts: purple heather, barrows, heather, broad streams, high ridges, overhanging banks · What happens: extend, intersect, do, run, be, encircle · To what, where: west, bays, marshes, pointed summits, sea, barrows

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (purple heather, barrows, heather, broad streams), 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	3 heather	det
2	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heather	amod
3	heather	heather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extends	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 extends	advmod
5	extends	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 miles	case
7	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 extends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 intersected	punct
9	with	with	SCONJ	_	16 intersected	mark
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 barrows	nmod:poss
11	barrows	barrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 intersected	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 spectacles	cc
13	aerial	aerial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spectacles	amod
14	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 barrows	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 intersected	punct
16	intersected	intersect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 extends	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 roads	case
18	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 roads	amod
19	uneven	uneven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 roads	amod
20	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 intersected	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 did	punct
22	just	just	ADV	_	25 did	advmod
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 did	mark
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 did	nsubj
25	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 intersected	conj
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 did	advmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 west	punct
28	towards	towards	ADP	_	30 west	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 west	det
30	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extends	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 run	punct
32	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	35 run	advmod
33	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 streams	amod
34	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 run	nsubj
35	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 west	acl:relcl
36	into	into	ADP	_	38 bays	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 bays	det
38	bays	bay	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 run	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 marshes	punct
40	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 marshes	cop
41	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 run	obl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 meadows	cc
43	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 marshes	conj
44	encircled	encircle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 marshes	acl
45	by	by	ADP	_	49 hills	case
46	lofty	lofty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 hills	amod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 lofty	punct
48	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 hills	amod
49	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 encircled	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 chain	punct
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 chain	nsubj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 chain	punct
53	like	like	ADP	_	55 chain	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 chain	det
55	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 hills	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 Alps	case
57	Alps	alp	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 chain	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 raise	punct
59	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 marshes	conj
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 summits	nmod:poss
61	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 summits	amod
62	summits	summit	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 raise	obj
63	near	near	ADP	_	65 sea	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 sea	det
65	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 raise	obl
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 broken	punct
67	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 broken	nsubj:pass
68	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 broken	aux:pass
69	only	only	ADV	_	70 broken	advmod
70	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 extends	conj
71	by	by	ADP	_	73 ridges	case
72	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 ridges	amod
73	ridges	ridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 broken	obl
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 clay	case
75	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 ridges	nmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 sea	punct
77	from	from	ADP	_	78 which	case
78	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 sea	obl
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 sea	det
80	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 broken	parataxis
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 year	punct
82	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 sea	appos
83	by	by	ADP	_	84 year	case
84	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 year	nmod
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 bites	punct
86	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 extends	conj
87	out	out	ADP	_	86 bites	compound:prt
88	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 mouthfuls	amod
89	mouthfuls	mouthful	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 bites	obj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 fall	punct
91	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	96 fall	mark
92	that	that	SCONJ	_	91 so	fixed
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 banks	det
94	overhanging	overhang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	95 banks	amod
95	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 fall	nsubj
96	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	86 bites	conj
97	down	down	ADP	_	96 fall	compound:prt
98	as	as	ADP	_	102 shock	case
99	if	if	SCONJ	_	102 shock	mark
100	by	by	ADP	_	102 shock	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 shock	det
102	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 fall	obl
103	of	of	ADP	_	105 earthquake	case
104	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 earthquake	det
105	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 shock	nmod
106	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 extends	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	present	the purple heather		the west	still	for miles	vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent towards west=Path
2	intersect	participle	heather's barrows and aerial spectacles				with sandy uneven roads	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	past	heather			then		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	run	present	broad streams				into the bays result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bay=Result
5	is a	present		marshes and meadows				tree rules
6	encircle	participle		marshes and meadows not said here			by lofty sandy hills and a chain of Alps	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
7	raise	present		streams's pointed summits	the sea			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent summit=Theme near sea=Destination
8	break	present · passive	high ridges of clay	barrows = barrow				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient
9	bite out	present	the purple heather not said here	great mouthfuls				vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouthful=Patient
10	overhang	gerund						vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
11	fall down	present	the overhanging banks				as the shock of a earthquake	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	shock			a earthquake				nom shock «feeling 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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