Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2, sentence 7
As soon as he received the sword he anointed six of the dolls with the ointment, and they were able immediately to dance so gracefully that all the living girls in the room could not help joining in the dance.
Who acts: showman, dolls, living girls · What happens: receive, anoint, be, dance, not help, join · To what, where: sword, six
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (showman, dolls, living girls), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 anointed | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 received | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 received | nsubj |
| 5 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 anointed | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sword | det |
| 7 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 received | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 anointed | nsubj |
| 9 | anointed | anoint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 anointed | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 dolls | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dolls | det |
| 13 | dolls | doll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 six | nmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 ointment | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ointment | det |
| 16 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dolls | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 able | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 able | cc |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 able | nsubj |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 able | cop |
| 21 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 anointed | advcl |
| 22 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 21 able | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 dance | mark |
| 24 | dance | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 able | xcomp |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 gracefully | advmod |
| 26 | gracefully | gracefully | ADV | _ | 24 dance | advmod |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 help | mark |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 girls | det:predet |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 girls | det |
| 30 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 girls | compound |
| 31 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 help | nsubj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 room | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 room | det |
| 34 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 girls | nmod |
| 35 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 help | aux |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 help | advmod |
| 37 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 dance | advcl |
| 38 | joining | join | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 help | xcomp |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 dance | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 dance | det |
| 41 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 joining | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 anointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | showman | the sword | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | anoint | past | showman | six of the dolls with the ointment | soon property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | past | dolls = doll | able, immediately property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | dance | to-infinitive | dolls = doll not said here | gracefully property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not help | could | all living girls in the room | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | join not said to happen | gerund | all living girls in the room not said here | in the dance | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dance=Theme |
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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