Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1, sentence 68

Rough mounds show where the dead have been buried, and rank grass, tossed by the wind, grows thickly over the whole churchyard; here and there a grave has a sort of monument, a block of half-decayed wood, rudely cut in the shape of a coffin; the blocks are brought from the forest of West Jutland, but the forest is the sea itself, and the inhabitants find beams, and planks, and fragments which the waves have cast upon the beach.

Who acts: Rough mounds, rank grass, grave, forest, inhabitants · What happens: show, bury, toss, grow, have, decay · To what, where: dead, rank grass, whole churchyard, sort, decayed wood, shape · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Rough mounds, rank grass, grave, forest), 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	Rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mounds	amod
2	mounds	mound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	nsubj
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 buried	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dead	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buried	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 buried	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 buried	aux:pass
9	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 show	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grows	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 grows	cc
12	rank	rank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grass	amod
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grows	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tossed	punct
15	tossed	toss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 grass	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 wind	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wind	det
18	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tossed	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grass	punct
20	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	parataxis
21	thickly	thickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 grows	xcomp
22	over	over	ADP	_	25 churchyard	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 churchyard	det
24	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 churchyard	amod
25	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grows	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 has	punct
27	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 has	advmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 has	cc
29	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	32 has	expl
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 grave	det
31	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 has	nsubj
32	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	parataxis
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 sort	det
34	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 has	obj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 monument	case
36	monument	monument	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sort	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 block	punct
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 block	det
39	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 sort	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	44 wood	case
41	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	43 decayed	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 half	punct
43	decayed	decay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 wood	amod
44	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 block	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 cut	punct
46	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	47 cut	advmod
47	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 wood	acl
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 shape	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 shape	det
50	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 cut	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 coffin	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 coffin	det
53	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shape	nmod
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 brought	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 blocks	det
56	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 brought	nsubj:pass
57	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 brought	aux:pass
58	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 has	conj
59	from	from	ADP	_	61 forest	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 forest	det
61	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 brought	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 West	case
63	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 forest	nmod
64	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 West	flat
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 sea	punct
66	but	but	CCONJ	_	71 sea	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 forest	det
68	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 sea	nsubj
69	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 sea	cop
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 sea	det
71	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 brought	obl
72	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	71 sea	nmod:unmarked
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 find	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 find	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 inhabitants	det
76	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 find	nsubj
77	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	conj
78	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 find	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 planks	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 planks	cc
81	planks	plank	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 find	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 cast	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 cast	cc
84	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 cast	nsubj:pass
85	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	87 waves	det
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 waves	det
87	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 fragments	conj
88	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 cast	aux
89	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 show	conj
90	upon	upon	ADP	_	92 beach	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 beach	det
92	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 cast	obl
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 show	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	show	present	Rough mounds				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bury	present · perfect · passive		the dead			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	toss	participle		rank grass not said here		by the wind	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by wind=Destination
4	grow	present	rank grass		the whole churchyard	thickly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over churchyard=Location
5	have	present	a grave	a sort of monument and a block of decayed wood	here; there		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Patient
6	decay	participle					vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7	cut	participle		decayed wood not said here	the shape of a coffin	rudely property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	bring	present · passive		the blocks	the forest of West		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from forest=Initial_Location
9	is a	present	the forest	the sea		forest nmod:unmarked	tree rules
10	find	present	the inhabitants	beams		planks obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Topic
11	cast	present · perfect · passive		fragments and which waves	the beach		vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon beach=Destination
12	sort			monument			nom sort «cognition 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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