Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2, sentence 64
And so indeed it happened a hundred years later, for the North Sea broke in and cast down the tower; but Predbjorn Gyldenstjerne, the man who then possessed the castle, built a new castle higher up at the end of the meadow, and that one is standing to this day, and is called Norre-Vosborg.
Who acts: it, North Sea, man, Predbjorn, one · What happens: happen, break in, cast down, possess, build, stand · To what, where: tower, castle, new castle · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, North Sea, man, Predbjorn), 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 | _ | 5 happened | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| 3 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hundred | det |
| 7 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 later | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 happened | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 broke | punct |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 broke | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Sea | det |
| 13 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Sea | compound |
| 14 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 broke | nsubj |
| 15 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happened | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 broke | compound:prt |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cast | cc |
| 18 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 broke | conj |
| 19 | down | down | ADP | _ | 21 tower | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 tower | det |
| 21 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cast | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 built | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 Predbjorn | cc |
| 24 | Predbjorn | Predbjorn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 built | nsubj |
| 25 | Gyldenstjerne | Gyldenstjerne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Predbjorn | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 man | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 man | det |
| 28 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Predbjorn | appos |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 possessed | nsubj |
| 30 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 possessed | advmod |
| 31 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 man | acl:relcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 castle | det |
| 33 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 possessed | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Predbjorn | punct |
| 35 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happened | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 castle | det |
| 37 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 castle | amod |
| 38 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 built | obj |
| 39 | higher | high | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 35 built | advmod |
| 40 | up | up | ADV | _ | 39 higher | advmod |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 43 end | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 end | det |
| 43 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 higher | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 meadow | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 meadow | det |
| 46 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 end | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 standing | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 standing | cc |
| 49 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 one | det |
| 50 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 standing | nsubj |
| 51 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 standing | aux |
| 52 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 built | advcl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 day | case |
| 54 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 day | det |
| 55 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 standing | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 called | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 called | cc |
| 58 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 called | aux:pass |
| 59 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 happened | parataxis |
| 60 | Norre | Norre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 called | xcomp |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 Norre | punct |
| 62 | Vosborg | Vosborg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Norre | flat |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | indeed, late property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break in | past | the North Sea | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | cast down | participle | the North Sea not said here | the tower | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Product | ||||
| 4 | possess | past | the man | the castle | then | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot castle=Theme | |||
| 5 | build | past | Predbjorn | a new castle | high property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Product | |||
| 6 | stand | present · progressive | that one | day | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | call | present · passive | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |
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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