Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 110
The following day she was dressed from head to foot in silk and velvet, and they invited her to stay at the palace for a few days, and enjoy herself, but she only begged for a pair of boots, and a little carriage, and a horse to draw it, so that she might go into the wide world to seek for Kay.
Who acts: dreams, crow · What happens: follow, dress, invite, stay, enjoy, beg · To what, where: crow, head, palace, little carriage, carriage, wide world
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 (dreams, crow), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 invited | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dressed | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dressed | aux:pass |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 day | acl:relcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 head | case |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 foot | case |
| 10 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 silk | case |
| 12 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 foot | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 velvet | cc |
| 14 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 silk | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 invited | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 invited | cc |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 invited | nsubj |
| 18 | invited | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 invited | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 stay | mark |
| 21 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 invited | xcomp |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 palace | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 palace | det |
| 24 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 stay | obl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 days | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 days | det |
| 27 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 days | amod |
| 28 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 palace | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 enjoy | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 enjoy | cc |
| 31 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 18 invited | parataxis |
| 32 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 enjoy | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 begged | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 begged | cc |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 begged | nsubj |
| 36 | only | only | ADV | _ | 37 begged | advmod |
| 37 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 invited | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 pair | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 pair | det |
| 40 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 begged | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 boots | case |
| 42 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 pair | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 carriage | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 carriage | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 carriage | det |
| 46 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 carriage | amod |
| 47 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 begged | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 horse | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 horse | cc |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 horse | det |
| 51 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 invited | obl |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 draw | mark |
| 53 | draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 51 horse | acl |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 draw | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 go | punct |
| 56 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 60 go | mark |
| 57 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 so | fixed |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 go | nsubj |
| 59 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 go | aux |
| 60 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 draw | conj |
| 61 | into | into | ADP | _ | 64 world | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 world | det |
| 63 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 world | amod |
| 64 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 go | obl |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 66 seek | mark |
| 66 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 go | advcl |
| 67 | for | for | ADP | _ | 68 Kay | case |
| 68 | Kay | Kay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 seek | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 invited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | dress | past · passive | crow | head | to foot in silk and velvet | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | invite | past | dreams = dream | crow | day | a horse obl | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||
| 4 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | crow not said here | the palace for a few days | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at palace=Location | ||||
| 5 | enjoy | infinitive | crow | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | beg speech: request | past | crow | a little carriage | for a pair of boots | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for pair=Topic | |||
| 7 | draw | to-infinitive | dreams = dream not said here | carriage | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 8 | go | might | crow | the wide world | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | seek | to-infinitive | crow not said here | for Kay | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for kay=Theme |
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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