Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shadow, sentence 105
But--it really is not pride on my part, as a free man and possessing the knowledge that I do, besides my position, not to speak of my wealth--I wish you would say you to me instead of thou."
Who acts: blaze, I, pride, you · What happens: not be, possess, do, besides, not speak, wish · To what, where: pride, part, knowledge, position, you, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (blaze, I, pride, you), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 besides | cc |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 7 pride | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pride | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 pride | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pride | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 pride | advmod |
| 7 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 besides | nsubj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 part | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 part | nmod:poss |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pride | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 man | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 man | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 man | det |
| 14 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 man | amod |
| 15 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pride | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 possessing | cc |
| 17 | possessing | possess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 man | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 knowledge | det |
| 19 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 possessing | obj |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 do | obj |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 do | nsubj |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 knowledge | acl:relcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 besides | punct |
| 24 | besides | besides | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 position | nmod:poss |
| 26 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 besides | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 speak | punct |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 speak | advmod |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 speak | mark |
| 30 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 besides | conj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 wealth | case |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 33 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 speak | obl |
| 34 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 wish | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 wish | nsubj |
| 36 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 besides | conj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 say | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 say | aux |
| 39 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 wish | ccomp |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 say | obj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 me | case |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 say | obl |
| 43 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 45 thou | case |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 instead | fixed |
| 45 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 say | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 besides | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 besides | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | blaze | pride and a free man | my part | tree rules | |||
| 2 | possess | gerund | blaze not said here | the knowledge | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme | ||||
| 3 | do | present | I | the knowledge | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | besides | infinitive | pride and a free man | my position | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not speak speech: other | to-infinitive | pride and a free man not said here | of my wealth | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | wish | present | I | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | would | you | you | me | instead thou | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic to i=Recipient |
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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