Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Cheerful Temper, sentence 42

Now I can imagine that this same idea may prevent him from resting quietly in his grave; for suppose that to produce a good effect, it is necessary to bring out his new idea at breakfast, and that he can only make his appearance on earth at midnight, as ghosts are believed generally to do; why then this good idea would not suit the hour, and the man would have to carry it down again with him into the grave--that must be a troubled grave.

Who acts: I, same idea, that, man, good idea · What happens: imagine, prevent, rest, produce, be, bring out · To what, where: man, grave, good effect, new idea, breakfast, appearance

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 (I, same idea, that, man), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 imagine	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 imagine	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 imagine	aux
4	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 prevent	mark
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 idea	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prevent	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 prevent	aux
10	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 imagine	ccomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 prevent	obj
12	from	from	SCONJ	_	13 resting	mark
13	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 prevent	advcl
14	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	13 resting	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 grave	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 grave	nmod:poss
17	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 resting	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 produce	punct
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 suppose	case
20	suppose	suppose	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 produce	obl
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 produce	nsubj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 produce	mark
23	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 imagine	parataxis
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 effect	det
25	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 effect	amod
26	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 produce	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 necessary	punct
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 necessary	expl
29	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 necessary	cop
30	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 produce	conj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 bring	mark
32	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 necessary	csubj
33	out	out	ADP	_	32 bring	compound:prt
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 idea	nmod:poss
35	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 idea	amod
36	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 bring	obj
37	at	at	ADP	_	38 breakfast	case
38	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 bring	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 make	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 make	cc
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 make	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 make	nsubj
43	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 make	aux
44	only	only	ADV	_	45 make	advmod
45	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 produce	parataxis
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 appearance	nmod:poss
47	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 make	obj
48	on	on	ADP	_	49 earth	case
49	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 make	obl
50	at	at	ADP	_	51 midnight	case
51	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 earth	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 believed	punct
53	as	as	SCONJ	_	56 believed	mark
54	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 believed	nsubj:pass
55	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 believed	aux:pass
56	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 make	advcl
57	generally	generally	ADV	_	59 do	advmod
58	to	to	PART	_	59 do	mark
59	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 believed	xcomp
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 suit	punct
61	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	68 suit	advmod
62	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	68 suit	advmod
63	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 idea	det
64	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 idea	amod
65	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 suit	nsubj
66	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 suit	aux
67	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	68 suit	advmod
68	suit	suit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 produce	conj
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 hour	det
70	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 suit	obj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 have	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 have	cc
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 man	det
74	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 have	nsubj
75	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 have	aux
76	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 imagine	parataxis
77	to	to	PART	_	78 carry	mark
78	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 have	xcomp
79	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 carry	obj
80	down	down	ADP	_	78 carry	compound:prt
81	again	again	ADV	_	78 carry	advmod
82	with	with	ADP	_	83 him	case
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 carry	obl
84	into	into	ADP	_	86 grave	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 grave	det
86	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 carry	obl
87	--	--	PUNCT	_	93 grave	punct
88	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	93 grave	nsubj
89	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	93 grave	aux
90	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	93 grave	cop
91	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 grave	det
92	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 grave	amod
93	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 grave	conj
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 imagine	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	can	I			now		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prevent	may	this same idea	man				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme
3	rest	gerund	this same idea not said here		man's grave		quietly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Location
4	produce	to-infinitive	that	a good effect			for suppose	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent effect=Result for suppose=Beneficiary
5	is	present	that not said here				necessary property	tree rules
6	bring out	to-infinitive		man's new idea	breakfast			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
7	make	can	man	man's appearance	earth at midnight			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Product
8	believe	present · passive		ghosts				tree rules
9	do	to-infinitive					generally property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	not suit	would	this good idea			then; hour		tree rules
11	have	would	the man					tree rules
12	carry down	to-infinitive	the man not said here	idea	the grave and a troubled grave	again	with man	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
13	is a	must	that	a troubled grave				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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