Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3, sentence 90
Old Skjagen lies in the extreme north of Jutland, as far away from the Hunsby dunes as one can travel in that country; and this is just what pleased Jurgen, for he did not want to remain till the wedding of Martin and Else, which would take place in a week or two.
Who acts: Old Skjagen, one, this, Skjagen, wedding · What happens: lie, travel, be, not want, remain, take · To what, where: extreme north, country, place, Martin
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Old Skjagen, one, this, Skjagen), 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 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Skjagen | amod |
| 2 | Skjagen | Skjagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 north | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 north | det |
| 6 | extreme | extreme | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 north | amod |
| 7 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lies | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Jutland | case |
| 9 | Jutland | Jutland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 north | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 away | punct |
| 11 | as | as | ADV | _ | 13 away | advmod |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 away | advmod |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 lies | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 dunes | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dunes | det |
| 16 | Hunsby | Hunsby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 dunes | compound |
| 17 | dunes | dune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 away | obl |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 travel | mark |
| 19 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 travel | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 travel | aux |
| 21 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 away | advcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 country | case |
| 23 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 country | det |
| 24 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 travel | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 what | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 what | cc |
| 27 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 what | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 what | cop |
| 29 | just | just | ADV | _ | 30 what | advmod |
| 30 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 lies | parataxis |
| 31 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 Jurgen | amod |
| 32 | Jurgen | Jurgen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 what | acl:relcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 want | punct |
| 34 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 38 want | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 want | nsubj |
| 36 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 want | aux |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 want | advmod |
| 38 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lies | conj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 remain | mark |
| 40 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 want | xcomp |
| 41 | till | till | ADP | _ | 43 wedding | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 wedding | det |
| 43 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 remain | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Martin | case |
| 45 | Martin | Martin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 wedding | nmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Else | cc |
| 47 | Else | Else | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Martin | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 take | punct |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 take | nsubj |
| 50 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 take | aux |
| 51 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 wedding | parataxis |
| 52 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 take | obj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 week | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 week | det |
| 55 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 take | obl |
| 56 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 57 two | cc |
| 57 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 55 week | conj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Old Skjagen | the extreme north of Jutland | away property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in north=Location | |||
| 2 | travel | can | one | that country | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | this | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | not want | past · do-support | Skjagen | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | remain not said to happen | to-infinitive | Skjagen not said here | till the wedding of Martin and Else | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | take | would | the wedding of Martin and Else | place | week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||
| 7 | wed | Martin and Else | nom wedding «event 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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