Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snowdrop, sentence 142
Now we come to the architect, the third brother, who had been first a carpenter's apprentice, had worn a cap, and served as an errand boy, but afterwards went to the academy, and risen to be an architect, a high and noble gentleman.
Who acts: we, third brother · What happens: come, be, wear, serve, go, rise · To what, where: architect, apprentice, cap, academy
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, third brother), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 come | advmod |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 worn | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 architect | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 architect | det |
| 6 | architect | architect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 brother | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 brother | det |
| 9 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 brother | amod |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 architect | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 apprentice | punct |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 apprentice | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 apprentice | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 apprentice | cop |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 apprentice | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 carpenter | det |
| 17 | carpenter | carpenter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 apprentice | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 carpenter | case |
| 19 | apprentice | apprentice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brother | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 worn | aux |
| 22 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 cap | det |
| 24 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 worn | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 served | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 served | cc |
| 27 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 worn | conj |
| 28 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 boy | case |
| 29 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 boy | det |
| 30 | errand | errand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 boy | compound |
| 31 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 served | obl:agent |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 went | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 went | cc |
| 34 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 35 went | advmod |
| 35 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 worn | conj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 academy | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 academy | det |
| 38 | academy | academy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 went | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 risen | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 risen | cc |
| 41 | risen | rise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 worn | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 architect | mark |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 architect | cop |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 architect | det |
| 45 | architect | architect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 risen | xcomp |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 gentleman | punct |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 gentleman | det |
| 48 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 gentleman | amod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 noble | cc |
| 50 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 high | conj |
| 51 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 architect | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 worn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | we | the architect and the third brother and a carpenter's apprentice | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to architect=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | is a | past · perfect | the third brother and a carpenter's apprentice | a carpenter's apprentice | first property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | wear | past · perfect | a cap | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme | |||||
| 4 | serve | participle | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | go | past | the academy | afterwards property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to academy=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | rise | participle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | is a | to-infinitive | a architect and a high gentleman | tree rules |
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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