Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell, sentence 31
Then two others came up and tried with all their strength to help her, till they nearly dropped their own burdens in doing so; then they were obliged to stop for a moment in their help, for every one must think of himself first.
Who acts: two others, others, one, burdens · What happens: come up, try, help, drop, do, oblige · To what, where: rest, own burdens, burdens, help
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 (two others, others, one, burdens), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 others | nummod |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tried | cc |
| 7 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 strength | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 strength | det:predet |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 strength | nmod:poss |
| 11 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tried | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 help | mark |
| 13 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 tried | advcl |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 help | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 dropped | punct |
| 16 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 19 dropped | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dropped | nsubj |
| 18 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 19 dropped | advmod |
| 19 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 burdens | nmod:poss |
| 21 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 burdens | amod |
| 22 | burdens | burden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 dropped | obj |
| 23 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 24 doing | mark |
| 24 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 dropped | advcl |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 doing | advmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 obliged | punct |
| 27 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 obliged | advmod |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 obliged | nsubj |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 obliged | aux:pass |
| 30 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 came | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 stop | mark |
| 32 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 obliged | xcomp |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 moment | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 moment | det |
| 35 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 stop | obl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 help | case |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 help | nmod:poss |
| 38 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 stop | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 think | punct |
| 40 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 44 think | mark |
| 41 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 42 one | det |
| 42 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 think | nsubj |
| 43 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 think | aux |
| 44 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 stop | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 himself | case |
| 46 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 think | obl |
| 47 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 44 think | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | past | two others | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | try | past | two others not said here | with others's strength | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | help | to-infinitive | two others not said here | rest | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | drop | past | others = other | others's own burdens | nearly property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Theme | |||
| 5 | do | gerund | others = other not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | oblige | past · passive | burdens = burden | then | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 7 | stop | to-infinitive | burdens's help | moment | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in help=Location | ||||
| 8 | think speech: other | must | every one | of mouse; first property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | burden | others = other | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | help | burdens = burden | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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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