Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels, sentence 55

"Then the elf dipped his finger into the cup of a violet, and said to me, 'Look here, I will anoint your pilgrim's staff, so that when you return to your own home and enter the king's castle, you have only to touch the king with your staff, and violets will spring forth and cover the whole of it, even in the coldest winter time; so I think I have given you really something to carry home, and a little more than something.'"

Who acts: elf, I, you, violets · What happens: dip, say, look, anoint, return, enter · To what, where: finger, cup, me, staff, castle, king · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elf, I, you, violets), 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	_	5 dipped	punct
2	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 dipped	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 elf	det
4	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dipped	nsubj
5	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 finger	nmod:poss
7	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dipped	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 cup	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dipped	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 violet	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 violet	det
13	violet	violet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cup	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 said	cc
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dipped	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 me	case
18	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 said	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Look	punct
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	21 Look	punct
21	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 said	parataxis
22	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 Look	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 anoint	punct
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 anoint	nsubj
25	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 anoint	aux
26	anoint	anoint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Look	conj
27	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 pilgrim	nmod:poss
28	pilgrim	pilgrim	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 staff	nmod:poss
29	's	's	PART	_	28 pilgrim	case
30	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 anoint	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 return	punct
32	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	36 return	mark
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 so	fixed
34	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	36 return	advmod
35	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 return	nsubj
36	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 anoint	parataxis
37	to	to	ADP	_	40 home	case
38	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 home	nmod:poss
39	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 home	amod
40	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 return	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 enter	cc
42	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 return	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 king	det
44	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 castle	nmod:poss
45	's	's	PART	_	44 king	case
46	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 enter	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 have	punct
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 have	nsubj
49	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 return	conj
50	only	only	ADV	_	52 touch	advmod
51	to	to	PART	_	52 touch	mark
52	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 have	xcomp
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 king	det
54	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 touch	obj
55	with	with	ADP	_	57 staff	case
56	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 staff	nmod:poss
57	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 touch	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 spring	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 spring	cc
60	violets	violet	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 spring	nsubj
61	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 spring	aux
62	spring	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 anoint	parataxis
63	forth	forth	ADV	_	62 spring	advmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 cover	cc
65	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 spring	conj
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 whole	det
67	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 cover	obj
68	of	of	ADP	_	69 it	case
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 whole	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 time	punct
71	even	even	ADV	_	76 time	advmod
72	in	in	ADP	_	76 time	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 time	det
74	coldest	cold	ADJ	Degree=Sup	76 time	amod
75	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 time	compound
76	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 cover	obl
77	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 think	punct
78	so	so	ADV	_	80 think	advmod
79	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	80 think	nsubj
80	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dipped	conj
81	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	83 given	nsubj
82	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 given	aux
83	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	80 think	ccomp
84	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	83 given	iobj
85	really	really	ADV	_	86 something	advmod
86	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	83 given	obj
87	to	to	PART	_	88 carry	mark
88	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 something	acl
89	home	home	ADV	_	88 carry	advmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 more	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 more	cc
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 little	det
93	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 more	obl:unmarked
94	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	80 think	obj
95	than	than	ADP	_	96 something	case
96	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	94 more	obl
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	94 more	punct
98	'	'	PUNCT	_	94 more	punct
99	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 dipped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip in a quote	past	the elf	kingdom's finger		the cup of a violet	then		vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Theme into cup=Destination
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the elf not said here		me				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
3	look in a quote	infinitive				here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	anoint in a quote	future	I	your pilgrim's staff					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme
5	return in a quote	present	you					to your own home result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result
6	enter in a quote	present	you not said here	the king's castle					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination
7	have in a quote	present	you						tree rules
8	touch in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	the king				with your staff	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent king=Experiencer with staff=Instrument
9	spring in a quote	future	violets					forth property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	cover in a quote	infinitive	violets not said here	the whole			time		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whole=Destination
11	think speech: other in a quote	present	I	more					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent more=Attribute clause=Theme
12	give in a quote	present · perfect	I	something	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Theme
13	carry in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	something not said here				home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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