Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 20
A short time ago, as she was sitting on her throne, which people say is not such an agreeable seat as is often supposed, she began to sing a song which commences in these words:
Who acts: princess, people, song · What happens: sit, say, not be, suppose, begin, sing · To what, where: throne, song, words · 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 (princess, people, song), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 29 began | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ago | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 sitting | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sitting | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sitting | aux |
| 9 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 began | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 throne | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 throne | nmod:poss |
| 12 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 say | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 say | obj |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 say | nsubj |
| 16 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 throne | acl:relcl |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 such | cop |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 such | advmod |
| 19 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 22 seat | case |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 seat | det |
| 21 | agreeable | agreeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 seat | amod |
| 22 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 supposed | mark |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 supposed | aux:pass |
| 25 | often | often | ADV | _ | 26 supposed | advmod |
| 26 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sitting | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sitting | punct |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 began | nsubj |
| 29 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 sing | mark |
| 31 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 began | xcomp |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 song | det |
| 33 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sing | obj |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 commences | nsubj |
| 35 | commences | commence | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 song | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 words | case |
| 37 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 38 words | det |
| 38 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 commences | obl |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 began | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past · progressive | princess | princess's throne | such a agreeable seat | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | people | princess's throne | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | such property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | suppose | present · passive | princess not said here | often property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S» | ||||
| 5 | begin | past | princess | ago property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | sing speech: express | to-infinitive | princess not said here | a song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 7 | commence | present | a song | this words | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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