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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1, sentence 34

John nodded farewell to him, and the little ringer waved his red cap, laid his hand on his heart, and kissed his hand to him a great many times, to show that he felt kindly towards him, and wished him a prosperous journey.

Who acts: John, little ringer · What happens: nod, wave, lay, kiss, show, feel · To what, where: father, red cap, hand, heart, John · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, little ringer), 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

nsubjadvmodcaseoblpunctccdetamodnsubjconjnmod:possamodobjpunctconjnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccparataxisnmod:possobjcaseobldetamodamodobl:unmarkedpunctmarkconjmarknsubjccompadvmodcaseoblpunctccconjobjdetamodobjpunctrootJohnPROPNnoddedVERBfarewellADVtoADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETlittleADJringerNOUNwavedVERBhisPRONredADJcapNOUN,PUNCTlaidVERBhisPRONhandNOUNonADPhisPRONheartNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJkissedVERBhisPRONhandNOUNtoADPhimPRONaDETgreatADJmanyADJtimesNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTshowVERBthatSCONJhePRONfeltVERBkindlyADVtowardsADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwishedVERBhimPRONaDETprosperousADJjourneyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JohnJohnPROPNNumber=Sing2 noddednsubj
2noddednodVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3farewellfarewellADV_2 noddedadvmod
4totoADP_5 himcase
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 noddedobl
6,,PUNCT_11 wavedpunct
7andandCCONJ_11 wavedcc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 ringerdet
9littlelittleADJDegree=Pos10 ringeramod
10ringerringerNOUNNumber=Sing11 wavednsubj
11wavedwaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 noddedconj
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 capnmod:poss
13redredADJDegree=Pos14 capamod
14capcapNOUNNumber=Sing11 wavedobj
15,,PUNCT_16 laidpunct
16laidlayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wavedconj
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 handnmod:poss
18handhandNOUNNumber=Sing16 laidobj
19ononADP_21 heartcase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 heartnmod:poss
21heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing16 laidobl
22,,PUNCT_24 kissedpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 kissedcc
24kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 noddedparataxis
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 handnmod:poss
26handhandNOUNNumber=Sing24 kissedobj
27totoADP_28 himcase
28himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 kissedobl
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 timesdet
30greatgreatADJDegree=Pos32 timesamod
31manymanyADJDegree=Pos32 timesamod
32timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur24 kissedobl:unmarked
33,,PUNCT_35 showpunct
34totoPART_35 showmark
35showshowVERBVerbForm=Inf24 kissedconj
36thatthatSCONJ_38 feltmark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 feltnsubj
38feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 showccomp
39kindlykindlyADV_38 feltadvmod
40towardstowardsADP_41 himcase
41himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 feltobl
42,,PUNCT_44 wishedpunct
43andandCCONJ_44 wishedcc
44wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 noddedconj
45himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 wishedobj
46aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 journeydet
47prosperousprosperousADJDegree=Pos48 journeyamod
48journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing44 wishedobj
49..PUNCT_2 noddedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1nodpastJohnfatherfarewell propertyvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
2wavepastthe little ringerJohn's red capvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Patient
3laypastthe little ringer not said hereJohn's handJohn's heartvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on heart=Destination
4kisspastJohn's handJohntimevn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent
5showto-infinitivevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6feelpastJohntowards ringer; kindly propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7wishpastJohn not said hereJohntree 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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