Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1, sentence 48
Then he set to work, pulled up the high grass, raised the wooden crosses which had fallen down, and replaced the wreaths which had been blown away from their places by the wind, thinking all the time, "Perhaps some one is doing the same for my father's grave, as I am not there to do it."
Who acts: John, wooden crosses, wind, one · What happens: set, work, pull up, raise, fall down, replace · To what, where: high grass, wooden crosses, wreaths, same, cross · 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, wooden crosses, wind, one), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 set | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 set | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 set | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 work | advcl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 pulled | compound:prt |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 grass | det |
| 10 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 grass | amod |
| 11 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 raised | punct |
| 13 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 crosses | det |
| 15 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 crosses | amod |
| 16 | crosses | cross | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 raised | obj |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 fallen | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 fallen | aux |
| 19 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 crosses | acl:relcl |
| 20 | down | down | ADP | _ | 19 fallen | compound:prt |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 replaced | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 replaced | cc |
| 23 | replaced | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 wreaths | det |
| 25 | wreaths | wreath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 replaced | obj |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 blown | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 blown | aux |
| 28 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 blown | aux:pass |
| 29 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 wreaths | acl:relcl |
| 30 | away | away | ADV | _ | 29 blown | advmod |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 places | case |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 places | nmod:poss |
| 33 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 blown | obl |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 wind | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 wind | det |
| 36 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 blown | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 thinking | punct |
| 38 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 replaced | advcl |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 time | det:predet |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 time | det |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 thinking | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 doing | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 doing | punct |
| 44 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 48 doing | advmod |
| 45 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 one | det |
| 46 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 doing | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 doing | aux |
| 48 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 thinking | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 same | det |
| 50 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 doing | obj |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 grave | case |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 father | nmod:poss |
| 53 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 grave | nmod:poss |
| 54 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 53 father | case |
| 55 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 doing | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 there | punct |
| 57 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 61 there | mark |
| 58 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 there | nsubj |
| 59 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 there | cop |
| 60 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 61 there | advmod |
| 61 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 48 doing | advcl |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 do | mark |
| 63 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 there | advcl |
| 64 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 do | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | John | then | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | John not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pull up | participle | John not said here | the high grass | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme | ||||
| 4 | raise | past | John not said here | the wooden crosses | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Theme | ||||
| 5 | fall down | past · perfect | the wooden crosses | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | replace | past | John not said here | the wreaths | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wreath=Co-Theme | ||||
| 7 | blow away | past · perfect · passive | the wind | the wreaths | from grass's places; away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from place=Co-Patient | |||
| 8 | think speech: other | gerund | John not said here | time | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | do in a quote | present · progressive | some one | the same | for my father's grave; perhaps property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | |||
| 10 | not is in a quote | present | John | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | John not said here | cross | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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