Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 92
During the night, the dog came again and carried the princess on his back, and ran with her to the soldier, who loved her very much, and wished that he had been a prince, so that he might have her for a wife.
Who acts: dog, soldier · What happens: come, carry, run, love, wish, be · To what, where: princess, back, prince
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 (dog, soldier), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 night | det |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 night | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carried | cc |
| 10 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 back | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 back | nmod:poss |
| 15 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 ran | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 ran | cc |
| 18 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 ran | obl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 soldier | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 soldier | det |
| 23 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ran | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 loved | punct |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 loved | nsubj |
| 26 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 soldier | acl:relcl |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 loved | obj |
| 28 | very | very | ADV | _ | 29 much | advmod |
| 29 | much | much | ADV | _ | 26 loved | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 wished | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 wished | cc |
| 32 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | parataxis |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 prince | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 prince | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 prince | aux |
| 36 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 prince | cop |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 prince | det |
| 38 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 wished | ccomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 have | punct |
| 40 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 44 have | mark |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 so | fixed |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 have | nsubj |
| 43 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 have | aux |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 wished | conj |
| 45 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 have | obj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 wife | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 wife | det |
| 48 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 have | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the dog | again; night | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | the dog not said here | the princess | dog's back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | |||
| 3 | run | past | the dog not said here | with princess; to the soldier result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to soldier=Result | ||||
| 4 | love | past | the soldier | princess | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | wish | past | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 6 | is a | past · perfect | dog | a prince | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | have | might | dog | princess | for a wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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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