Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 11
On entering the first of the chambers, to which these doors lead, you will see a large chest, standing in the middle of the floor, and upon it a dog seated, with a pair of eyes as large as teacups.
Who acts: doors, you · What happens: enter, lead, see, stand, seat · To what, where: first, large chest, middle, chest
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 (doors, you), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 entering | mark |
| 2 | entering | enter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 lead | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 first | det |
| 4 | first | first | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 entering | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 chambers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chambers | det |
| 7 | chambers | chamber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 first | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lead | punct |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 lead | obl |
| 11 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 doors | det |
| 12 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lead | nsubj |
| 13 | lead | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 see | punct |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 see | nsubj |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 see | aux |
| 17 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 lead | parataxis |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 chest | det |
| 19 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 chest | amod |
| 20 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 see | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 standing | punct |
| 22 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 see | advcl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 middle | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 middle | det |
| 25 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 standing | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 floor | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 floor | det |
| 28 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 middle | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 seated | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 seated | cc |
| 31 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 it | case |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 seated | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 dog | det |
| 34 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 seated | nsubj |
| 35 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 lead | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 pair | punct |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 pair | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 pair | det |
| 39 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 seated | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 eyes | case |
| 41 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 pair | nmod |
| 42 | as | as | ADV | _ | 43 large | advmod |
| 43 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 pair | amod |
| 44 | as | as | ADP | _ | 45 teacups | case |
| 45 | teacups | teacup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 large | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 lead | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | gerund | this doors not said here | the first of the chambers | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme first=Destination | ||||
| 2 | lead | present | this doors | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to which=Patient | |||||
| 3 | see | future | you | a large chest | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chest=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | stand | gerund | you not said here | the middle of the floor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | ||||
| 5 | seat | participle · passive | chest | with a pair of eyes | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |
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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