Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 111
And she obtained, not only boots, but also a muff, and she was neatly dressed; and when she was ready to go, there, at the door, she found a coach made of pure gold, with the coat-of-arms of the prince and princess shining upon it like a star, and the coachman, footman, and outriders all wearing golden crowns on their heads.
Who acts: crow, princess, outriders · What happens: obtain, dress, be, go, find, make · To what, where: boots, crow, door, coach, coat, golden crowns
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 (crow, princess, outriders), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 obtained | cc |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 obtained | nsubj |
| 3 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 boots | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 boots | advmod |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 boots | advmod |
| 7 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 obtained | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 muff | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 muff | cc |
| 10 | also | also | ADV | _ | 12 muff | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 muff | det |
| 12 | muff | muff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obtained | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 dressed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dressed | cc |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 dressed | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 dressed | aux:pass |
| 17 | neatly | neatly | ADV | _ | 18 dressed | advmod |
| 18 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 obtained | conj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 ready | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 ready | cc |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 ready | advmod |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 ready | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 ready | cop |
| 24 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 obtained | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 go | mark |
| 26 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 ready | xcomp |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 there | punct |
| 28 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 go | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 door | punct |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 door | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 door | det |
| 32 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 go | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 found | punct |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 found | nsubj |
| 35 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 obtained | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 coach | det |
| 37 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 found | obj |
| 38 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 coach | acl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 gold | case |
| 40 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 gold | amod |
| 41 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 made | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 arms | punct |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 arms | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 arms | det |
| 45 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 arms | nsubj |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 arms | punct |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 arms | case |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 of | punct |
| 49 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 found | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 prince | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 prince | det |
| 52 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 arms | nmod |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 princess | cc |
| 54 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 prince | conj |
| 55 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 54 princess | acl |
| 56 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 57 it | case |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 shining | obl |
| 58 | like | like | ADP | _ | 60 star | case |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 star | det |
| 60 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 shining | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 coachman | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 coachman | cc |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 coachman | det |
| 64 | coachman | coachman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 obtained | parataxis |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 footman | punct |
| 66 | footman | footman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 coachman | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 wearing | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 wearing | cc |
| 69 | outriders | outrider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 wearing | nsubj |
| 70 | all | all | ADV | _ | 71 wearing | advmod |
| 71 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 obtained | advcl |
| 72 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 crowns | amod |
| 73 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 wearing | obj |
| 74 | on | on | ADP | _ | 76 heads | case |
| 75 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 heads | nmod:poss |
| 76 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 wearing | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 obtained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obtain | past | crow | boots | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dress | past · passive | crow | neatly property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | crow | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | to-infinitive | crow not said here | the door; there | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at door=Location | ||||
| 5 | find | past | crow | a coach | with the arms of the prince and princess | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Topic | |||
| 6 | make | participle | a coach not said here | of pure gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 7 | shine | gerund | princess not said here | coat | like a star | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Location | |||
| 8 | wear | gerund | outriders | golden crowns | boots's heads | all property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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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