Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Cheerful Temper, sentence 26

If he went to a theatre of an evening, instead of enjoying himself he would be quite annoyed if the machinist had put too strong a light into one side of the moon, or if the representations of the sky hung over the scenes when they ought to have hung behind them; or if a palm-tree was introduced into a scene representing the Zoological Gardens of Berlin, or a cactus in a view of Tyrol, or a beech-tree in the north of Norway.

Who acts: man, representations · What happens: go, enjoy, be, put, hang, introduce · To what, where: theatre, man, machinist, one side, scenes, representations

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Cheerful Temper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, representations), 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 went	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 theatre	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 theatre	det
6	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 evening	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 evening	det
9	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 theatre	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 enjoying	punct
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 enjoying	mark
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 went	advcl
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 enjoying	obj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 annoyed	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 annoyed	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 annoyed	cop
18	quite	quite	ADV	_	19 annoyed	advmod
19	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 enjoying	ccomp
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	24 put	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 machinist	det
22	machinist	machinist	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 put	nsubj:pass
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 put	aux
24	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 annoyed	advcl
25	too	too	ADV	_	26 strong	advmod
26	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 put	conj
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 light	det
28	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 strong	nsubj
29	into	into	ADP	_	31 side	case
30	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 side	nummod
31	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 put	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 moon	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 moon	det
34	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 side	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 hung	punct
36	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 hung	cc
37	if	if	SCONJ	_	43 hung	mark
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 representations	det
39	representations	representation	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 hung	nsubj
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 sky	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 sky	det
42	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 representations	nmod
43	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
44	over	over	ADP	_	46 scenes	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 scenes	det
46	scenes	scene	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 hung	obl
47	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	52 hung	advmod
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 hung	nsubj:pass
49	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 hung	aux
50	to	to	PART	_	52 hung	mark
51	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 hung	aux
52	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 hung	advcl
53	behind	behind	ADP	_	54 them	case
54	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 hung	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 introduced	punct
56	or	or	CCONJ	_	63 introduced	cc
57	if	if	SCONJ	_	63 introduced	mark
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 tree	det
59	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 tree	compound
60	-	-	PUNCT	_	59 palm	punct
61	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 introduced	nsubj:pass
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 introduced	aux:pass
63	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 went	parataxis
64	into	into	ADP	_	66 scene	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 scene	det
66	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 introduced	obl
67	representing	represent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	70 Gardens	amod
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 Gardens	det
69	Zoological	Zoological	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 Gardens	compound
70	Gardens	Garden	PROPN	Number=Plur	66 scene	appos
71	of	of	ADP	_	72 Berlin	case
72	Berlin	Berlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 Gardens	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 cactus	punct
74	or	or	CCONJ	_	76 cactus	cc
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	76 cactus	det
76	cactus	cactus	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 Gardens	appos
77	in	in	ADP	_	79 view	case
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 view	det
79	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 cactus	nmod
80	of	of	ADP	_	81 Tyrol	case
81	Tyrol	Tyrol	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 view	nmod
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 tree	punct
83	or	or	CCONJ	_	87 tree	cc
84	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 tree	det
85	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 tree	compound
86	-	-	PUNCT	_	85 beech	punct
87	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 cactus	conj
88	in	in	ADP	_	90 north	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 north	det
90	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 tree	nmod
91	of	of	ADP	_	92 Norway	case
92	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	90 north	nmod
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	man		a theatre of a evening		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to theatre=Initial_Location
2	enjoy	gerund	man not said here	man			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus
3	is	would	man			annoyed property	tree rules
4	put a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		the machinist	one side of the moon		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
5	hang a condition, not said to happen	past	the representations of the sky		the scenes		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over scene=Location
6	hang	ought · perfect · passive		representations = representation		behind scenes = scene	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind they=Destination
7	introduce a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		a palm tree	a scene		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
8	represent	gerund					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
9	represent			the sky			nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
10	view			Tyrol			nom view «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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