Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 103
"You poor child," said the prince and princess; then they praised the crows, and said they were not angry for what they had done, but that it must not happen again, and this time they should be rewarded.
Who acts: You, poor child, dreams, it · What happens: child, say, praise, not be, do, not happen · To what, where: prince, crows, dreams · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, poor child, dreams, it), 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 child | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 child | nsubj |
| 3 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 child | amod |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 child | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 child | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 princess | cc |
| 11 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 prince | conj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 praised | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 praised | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 praised | nsubj |
| 15 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 crows | det |
| 17 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 praised | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 praised | advcl |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 angry | nsubj |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 angry | cop |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 angry | advmod |
| 24 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 said | ccomp |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 what | case |
| 26 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 angry | obl |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 done | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 done | aux |
| 29 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 what | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 happen | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 happen | cc |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 happen | mark |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 happen | nsubj |
| 34 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 happen | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 happen | advmod |
| 36 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 praised | conj |
| 37 | again | again | ADV | _ | 36 happen | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 rewarded | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 rewarded | cc |
| 40 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 time | det |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 rewarded | obl:unmarked |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 rewarded | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 rewarded | aux |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 45 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 praised | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | child in a quote | You | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | poor child | the prince and princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | ||||
| 3 | praise | past | dreams = dream | the crows | then | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | dreams = dream not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | not is | past | dreams = dream | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | do | past · perfect | dreams = dream | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | not happen | must | it | again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | reward | should · passive | dreams = dream | time | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=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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