Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 49
The next day, however, he procured some good clothes and proper boots, so that our soldier soon became known as a fine gentleman, and the people visited him, and told him all the wonders that were to be seen in the town, and of the king's beautiful daughter, the princess.
Who acts: soldier, people · What happens: procure, know, visit, tell, see · To what, where: good clothes, soldier, wonders, town · 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 (soldier, people), 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 | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 procured | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 5 | however | however | ADV | _ | 8 procured | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 however | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 procured | nsubj |
| 8 | procured | procure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 clothes | det |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 clothes | amod |
| 11 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 procured | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 boots | cc |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 boots | amod |
| 14 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 clothes | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 known | punct |
| 16 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 22 known | mark |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 so | fixed |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 soldier | nmod:poss |
| 19 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 known | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 became | advmod |
| 21 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 known | aux:pass |
| 22 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 procured | conj |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 gentleman | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 gentleman | det |
| 25 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 gentleman | amod |
| 26 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 known | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 visited | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 visited | cc |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 people | det |
| 30 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 visited | nsubj |
| 31 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 procured | parataxis |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 visited | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 told | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 told | cc |
| 35 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 procured | conj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 told | iobj |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 wonders | det:predet |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 wonders | det |
| 39 | wonders | wonder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 told | ccomp |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 seen | nsubj |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 seen | aux |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 seen | mark |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 seen | aux:pass |
| 44 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 wonders | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 town | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 town | det |
| 47 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 seen | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 daughter | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 daughter | cc |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 daughter | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 king | det |
| 52 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 53 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 52 king | case |
| 54 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 daughter | amod |
| 55 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 told | parataxis |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 princess | punct |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 princess | det |
| 58 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 daughter | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 procured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procure | past | soldier | some good clothes and proper boots | day | however property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ||
| 2 | know | past · passive | our soldier | as a fine gentleman | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as gentleman=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | visit | past | the people | soldier | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | soldier not said here | soldier | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | see | past · passive | soldier not said here | all wonders | the town | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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