Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shepherdess and the Sheep, sentence 39

"I have thought of something," said the chimney-sweep; "let us get into the great pot-pourri jar which stands in the corner; there we can lie on rose-leaves and lavender, and throw salt in his eyes if he comes near us."

Who acts: chimney sweep, us, great pourri jar, we, place · What happens: think, say, let, get, stand, lie · To what, where: us, great pourri jar, corner, rose leaves, salt, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shepherdess and the Sheep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chimney sweep, us, great pourri jar, we), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	aux
4	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 said	ccomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 thought	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sweep	det
11	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sweep	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 chimney	punct
13	sweep	sweep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 let	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 let	punct
16	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
17	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp
19	into	into	ADP	_	25 jar	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 jar	det
21	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 jar	amod
22	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 pourri	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 pot	punct
24	pourri	pourri	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 jar	compound
25	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obl
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 stands	nsubj
27	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 jar	acl:relcl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 corner	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 corner	det
30	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 stands	obl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 lie	punct
32	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	35 lie	expl
33	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 lie	nsubj
34	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 lie	aux
35	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	conj
36	on	on	ADP	_	39 leaves	case
37	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 leaves	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 rose	punct
39	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 lie	obl
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 lavender	cc
41	lavender	lavender	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 leaves	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 throw	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 throw	cc
44	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	conj
45	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 throw	obj
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 eyes	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 eyes	nmod:poss
48	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 throw	obl
49	if	if	SCONJ	_	51 comes	mark
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 comes	nsubj
51	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 throw	advcl
52	near	near	ADP	_	53 us	case
53	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 comes	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 let	punct
55	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present · perfect	the chimney sweep = sweep			of something	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the chimney sweep				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	let in a quote	infinitive		us			tree rules
4	get in a quote	infinitive	us not said here		the great pourri jar		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into jar=Destination
5	stand in a quote	present	the great pourri jar		the corner		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
6	lie in a quote	can	we		rose leaves and lavender; there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leaf=Location
7	throw in a quote	infinitive		salt	place's eyes		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent salt=Theme in eye=Destination
8	come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	place			near us	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near we=Location

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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