Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 10
"Get money," she replied; "for you must know that when you reach the ground under the tree, you will find yourself in a large hall, lighted up by three hundred lamps; you will then see three doors, which can be easily opened, for the keys are in all the locks.
Who acts: you, witch, keys · What happens: get, reply, know, reach, find, light up · To what, where: money, ground, tree, yourself, large hall, three doors · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Tinder-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, witch, keys), 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 Get | punct |
| 2 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Get | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 replied | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 replied | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 replied | nsubj |
| 7 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Get | advcl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 know | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 know | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 know | aux |
| 13 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Get | conj |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 find | mark |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 reach | mark |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 reach | nsubj |
| 17 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 find | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 ground | det |
| 19 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 reach | obj |
| 20 | under | under | ADP | _ | 22 tree | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 tree | det |
| 22 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 reach | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 reach | punct |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 find | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 find | aux |
| 26 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 know | ccomp |
| 27 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 26 find | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 hall | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 hall | det |
| 30 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 hall | amod |
| 31 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 find | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 lighted | punct |
| 33 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 hall | acl |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 33 lighted | compound:prt |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 lamps | case |
| 36 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 hundred | compound |
| 37 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 lamps | nummod |
| 38 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 lighted | obl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 see | punct |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 see | nsubj |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 see | aux |
| 42 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 see | advmod |
| 43 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Get | conj |
| 44 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 45 doors | nummod |
| 45 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 see | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 opened | punct |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 opened | aux |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 opened | aux:pass |
| 50 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 51 opened | advmod |
| 51 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 doors | acl:relcl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 locks | punct |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 locks | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 keys | det |
| 55 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 locks | nsubj |
| 56 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 locks | cop |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 locks | case |
| 58 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 60 locks | det:predet |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 locks | det |
| 60 | locks | lock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 see | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | imperative | you not said here | money | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | witch | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | know in a quote | must | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | reach in a quote | present | you | the ground | the tree | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | |||
| 5 | find in a quote | future | you | yourself | a large hall | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Topic | |||
| 6 | light up in a quote | participle | a large hall not said here | by hundred lamps | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | see in a quote | future | you | three doors | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | open in a quote | can · passive | three doors | easily property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | present | the keys | for all locks | tree rules |
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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