Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snowdrop, sentence 201
"See," said the angel, pointing to the wonderful straw, "this is what the poor woman has brought.
Who acts: angel, this · What happens: see, say, point, be, bring · To what, where: wonderful straw, poor woman · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (angel, this), 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 | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 angel | det |
| 7 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pointing | punct |
| 9 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 straw | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 straw | det |
| 12 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 straw | amod |
| 13 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pointing | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 what | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 what | punct |
| 16 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 what | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 what | cop |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 pointing | obl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 woman | det |
| 20 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 woman | amod |
| 21 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 brought | aux |
| 23 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 what | acl:relcl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the angel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | point | gerund | the angel not said here | the wonderful straw | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to straw=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | this | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | bring in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the poor woman | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
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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