Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell, sentence 28
A short time afterwards another ant got on the tree, and made the same journey and the same discovery, but she spoke of it cautiously and indefinitely, and as she was one of the superior ants and very much respected, they believed her, and when she died they erected an eggshell as a monument to her memory, for they cultivated a great respect for science.
Who acts: ant, rest, qualifications · What happens: get, make, speak, be, respect, believe · To what, where: tree, same journey, rest, eggshell, great respect · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ant, rest, qualifications), 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 | 7 got | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 3 time | advmod |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 ant | det |
| 6 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 tree | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tree | det |
| 10 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 made | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 made | cc |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 journey | det |
| 15 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 journey | amod |
| 16 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 made | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 discovery | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 discovery | det |
| 19 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 discovery | amod |
| 20 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 journey | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 spoke | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 spoke | cc |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 spoke | nsubj |
| 24 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | parataxis |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 it | case |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 spoke | obl |
| 27 | cautiously | cautiously | ADV | _ | 24 spoke | advmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 indefinitely | cc |
| 29 | indefinitely | indefinitely | ADV | _ | 27 cautiously | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 believed | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 believed | cc |
| 32 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 one | case |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 one | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 one | cop |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 believed | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 ants | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 ants | det |
| 38 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 ants | amod |
| 39 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 one | nmod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 respected | cc |
| 41 | very | very | ADV | _ | 42 much | advmod |
| 42 | much | much | ADV | _ | 43 respected | advmod |
| 43 | respected | respect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 ants | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 one | punct |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 believed | nsubj |
| 46 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 believed | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 erected | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 erected | cc |
| 50 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 52 died | advmod |
| 51 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 died | nsubj |
| 52 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 erected | advcl |
| 53 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 erected | nsubj |
| 54 | erected | erect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | parataxis |
| 55 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 eggshell | det |
| 56 | eggshell | eggshell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 erected | obj |
| 57 | as | as | ADP | _ | 59 monument | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 monument | det |
| 59 | monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 erected | obl |
| 60 | to | to | ADP | _ | 62 memory | case |
| 61 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 memory | nmod:poss |
| 62 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 monument | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 cultivated | punct |
| 64 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 66 cultivated | mark |
| 65 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 cultivated | nsubj |
| 66 | cultivated | cultivate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 erected | conj |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 respect | det |
| 68 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 respect | amod |
| 69 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 cultivated | obj |
| 70 | for | for | ADP | _ | 71 science | case |
| 71 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 respect | nmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | another ant | the tree | time | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on tree=Source | |||
| 2 | make | past | another ant not said here | the same journey and the same discovery | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product | ||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | past | rest | of ant; cautiously property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | past | rest | as one; of the superior ants | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | respect | participle | rest not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | believe | past | qualifications = qualification | rest | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | die | past | rest | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 8 | erect | past | qualifications = qualification | a eggshell | as a monument to rest's memory | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eggshell=Product | |||
| 9 | cultivate | past | qualifications = qualification | a great respect | for science | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent respect=Product for science=Beneficiary |
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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