Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5, sentence 67
But life did not depart from him--the thread would not break, but the thread of memory was severed; the thread of his mind had been cut through, and what was still more grievous, a body remained--a living healthy body that wandered about like a troubled spirit.
Who acts: life, thread, living healthy body, Jurgen · What happens: not depart, not break, sever, cut, be, remain · To what, where: thread, body
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 (life, thread, living healthy body, Jurgen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 depart | cc |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 depart | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 depart | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 depart | advmod |
| 5 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 depart | obl |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 13 break | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thread | det |
| 10 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 break | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 break | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 break | advmod |
| 13 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 depart | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 severed | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 severed | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 thread | det |
| 17 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 severed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 memory | case |
| 19 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 thread | nmod |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 severed | aux:pass |
| 21 | severed | sever | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 break | parataxis |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 cut | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 thread | det |
| 24 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 mind | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 mind | nmod:poss |
| 27 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 thread | nmod |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 cut | aux |
| 29 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 cut | aux:pass |
| 30 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 depart | parataxis |
| 31 | through | through | ADV | _ | 30 cut | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 grievous | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 grievous | cc |
| 34 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 38 grievous | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 grievous | cop |
| 36 | still | still | ADV | _ | 38 grievous | advmod |
| 37 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 38 grievous | advmod |
| 38 | grievous | grievous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 cut | parataxis |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 body | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 body | det |
| 41 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 grievous | conj |
| 42 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 body | acl |
| 43 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 47 body | punct |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 body | det |
| 45 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 body | compound |
| 46 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 body | amod |
| 47 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 grievous | conj |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 wandered | nsubj |
| 49 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 body | acl:relcl |
| 50 | about | about | ADV | _ | 49 wandered | advmod |
| 51 | like | like | ADP | _ | 54 spirit | case |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 spirit | det |
| 53 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 spirit | amod |
| 54 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wandered | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 depart | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not depart | past · do-support | life | from Jurgen | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not break | would | the thread | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | sever | past · passive | the thread of memory | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | cut | past · perfect · passive | the thread of Jurgen's mind | through property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 5 | is | past | still | grievous property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | remain | participle | a body not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | wander | past | a living healthy body | like a troubled spirit; about property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | mind | Jurgen | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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