Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 6
"Do you see that large tree," said the witch, pointing to a tree which stood beside them. "
Who acts: you, witch, tree · What happens: see, say, point, stand · To what, where: large tree, tree · 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, tree), 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 | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 tree | det |
| 6 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | amod |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 witch | det |
| 12 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 pointing | punct |
| 14 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 said | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 tree | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 tree | det |
| 17 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pointing | obl |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 stood | nsubj |
| 19 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 tree | acl:relcl |
| 20 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 21 them | case |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 stood | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | present · do-support | you | that large tree | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the witch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | point | gerund | the witch not said here | a tree | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tree=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | stand | past | a tree | beside wars = war | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside they=Location |
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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