Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Swineherd, sentence 9
The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the princess was just playing "Visitors are coming" with her ladies-in-waiting; when she saw the large cases with the presents therein, she clapped her hands for joy.
Who acts: emperor, princess, Visitors, name · What happens: order, carry, play, come, see, clap · To what, where: cases, great hall, large cases, hands · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (emperor, princess, Visitors, name), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ordered | nsubj |
| 3 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 carried | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 carried | aux:pass |
| 7 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ordered | advcl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 hall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hall | det |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hall | amod |
| 11 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 carried | obl |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 playing | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 playing | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 playing | aux |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 playing | advmod |
| 17 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 hall | acl:relcl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 coming | punct |
| 19 | Visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 coming | nsubj |
| 20 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 coming | aux |
| 21 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 playing | parataxis |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 coming | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 ladies | case |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 ladies | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 coming | obl |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 waiting | punct |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 waiting | case |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 in | punct |
| 29 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 ladies | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 saw | punct |
| 31 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 saw | advmod |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 saw | nsubj |
| 33 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ordered | parataxis |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 cases | det |
| 35 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 cases | amod |
| 36 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 saw | obj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 presents | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 presents | det |
| 39 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 cases | nmod |
| 40 | therein | therein | ADV | _ | 33 saw | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 clapped | punct |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 clapped | nsubj |
| 43 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 saw | conj |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 hands | nmod:poss |
| 45 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 clapped | obj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 joy | case |
| 47 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 clapped | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ordered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | the emperor | cases = case | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive · passive | the emperor not said here | the great hall | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 3 | play | past · progressive | the princess | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | come in a quote | present · progressive | Visitors | with name's ladies and waiting | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | see | past | name | the large cases | with the presents; therein property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | clap | past | name | name's hands | for joy | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme |
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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