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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5, sentence 34

The sand-banks extend a whole mile from the shore, beneath the water, outside these banks; many ships could be seen that day, and with the aid of his telescope the old man thought he descried his own ship, the Karen Bronne.

Who acts: sand banks, old man, Merchant · What happens: extend, see, think, descry · To what, where: whole mile, shore, many ships, own ship · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sand banks, old man, Merchant), 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

detcompoundpunctnsubjdetamodobjcasedetnmodpunctcasedetconjpunctcasedetconjpunctamodnsubj:passauxaux:passparataxisdetobl:unmarkedpunctcccasedetoblcasenmod:possnmoddetamodnsubjadvclnsubjccompnmod:possamodobjpunctdetcompoundappospunctrootTheDETsandNOUN-PUNCTbanksNOUNextendVERBaDETwholeADJmileNOUNfromADPtheDETshoreNOUN,PUNCTbeneathADPtheDETwaterNOUN,PUNCToutsideADPtheseDETbanksNOUN;PUNCTmanyADJshipsNOUNcouldAUXbeAUXseenVERBthatDETdayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwithADPtheDETaidNOUNofADPhisPRONtelescopeNOUNtheDEToldADJmanNOUNthoughtVERBhePRONdescriedVERBhisPRONownADJshipNOUN,PUNCTtheDETKarenPROPNBronnePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 banksdet
2sandsandNOUNNumber=Sing4 bankscompound
3--PUNCT_2 sandpunct
4banksbankNOUNNumber=Plur5 extendnsubj
5extendextendVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 miledet
7wholewholeADJDegree=Pos8 mileamod
8milemileNOUNNumber=Sing5 extendobj
9fromfromADP_11 shorecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 shoredet
11shoreshoreNOUNNumber=Sing8 milenmod
12,,PUNCT_15 waterpunct
13beneathbeneathADP_15 watercase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 waterdet
15waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing8 mileconj
16,,PUNCT_19 bankspunct
17outsideoutsideADP_19 bankscase
18thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem19 banksdet
19banksbankNOUNNumber=Plur8 mileconj
20;;PUNCT_25 seenpunct
21manymanyADJDegree=Pos22 shipsamod
22shipsshipNOUNNumber=Plur25 seennsubj:pass
23couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 seenaux
24bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 seenaux:pass
25seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 extendparataxis
26thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem27 daydet
27daydayNOUNNumber=Sing25 seenobl:unmarked
28,,PUNCT_39 thoughtpunct
29andandCCONJ_39 thoughtcc
30withwithADP_32 aidcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 aiddet
32aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing39 thoughtobl
33ofofADP_35 telescopecase
34hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 telescopenmod:poss
35telescopetelescopeNOUNNumber=Sing32 aidnmod
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 mandet
37oldoldADJDegree=Pos38 manamod
38manmanNOUNNumber=Sing39 thoughtnsubj
39thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 seenadvcl
40hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 descriednsubj
41descrieddescryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 thoughtccomp
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 shipnmod:poss
43ownownADJDegree=Pos44 shipamod
44shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing41 descriedobj
45,,PUNCT_48 Bronnepunct
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 Bronnedet
47KarenKarenPROPNNumber=Sing48 Bronnecompound
48BronneBronnePROPNNumber=Sing44 shipappos
49..PUNCT_5 extendpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1extendpresentthe sand banksa whole mile and the water and this banksthe shorevn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mile=Theme
2seecould · passivemany shipsdayvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3think speech: otherpastthe old manwith the aid of Merchant's telescopevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4descrypastMerchantMerchant's own shipvn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus

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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