Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 14
"I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer,' or 'stamper,' which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws!
Who acts: name, great stamp, royal seal, your · What happens: submit, say, be, not refine, propose, introduce · To what, where: stamper, you, category, royal seal, effect, laws · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Two Maidens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, great stamp, royal seal, your), 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 submit | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 submit | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 submit | aux |
| 4 | submit | submit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 notice | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 notice | nmod:poss |
| 7 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 submit | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 submit | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 submit | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 common | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 name | det |
| 16 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 common | nsubj |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 maiden | punct |
| 18 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 name | appos |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 maiden | punct |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 common | cop |
| 21 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | advcl |
| 22 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 21 common | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 refined | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 refined | cc |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 refined | advmod |
| 26 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 28 refined | advmod |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 refined | advmod |
| 28 | refined | refine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | parataxis |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 rammer | case |
| 30 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 33 rammer | punct |
| 31 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rammer | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 hand | punct |
| 33 | rammer | rammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 refined | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 stamper | punct |
| 35 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 stamper | punct |
| 36 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 38 stamper | cc |
| 37 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 stamper | punct |
| 38 | stamper | stamper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 refined | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 ' | punct |
| 40 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 stamper | punct |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 proposed | obj |
| 42 | latter | latte | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 46 proposed | amod |
| 43 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 proposed | aux |
| 44 | also | also | ADV | _ | 46 proposed | advmod |
| 45 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 proposed | aux:pass |
| 46 | proposed | propose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 stamper | parataxis |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 introduced | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 introduced | cc |
| 49 | through | through | ADP | _ | 50 which | case |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 introduced | obl |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 52 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 introduced | aux |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 introduced | aux:pass |
| 54 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 proposed | conj |
| 55 | into | into | ADP | _ | 57 category | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 category | det |
| 57 | category | category | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 introduced | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 seals | case |
| 59 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 category | nmod |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 think | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 think | cc |
| 62 | only | only | ADV | _ | 63 think | advmod |
| 63 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 stamp | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 stamp | det |
| 66 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 stamp | amod |
| 67 | stamp | stamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 think | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 state | case |
| 69 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 stamp | nmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 impresses | punct |
| 71 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 impresses | nsubj |
| 72 | impresses | impress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 stamp | parataxis |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 seal | det |
| 74 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 seal | amod |
| 75 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 impresses | obj |
| 76 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 77 gives | nsubj |
| 77 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 75 seal | acl:relcl |
| 78 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 gives | obj |
| 79 | to | to | ADP | _ | 81 laws | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 laws | det |
| 81 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 gives | obl |
| 82 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | submit in a quote | must | name | to your notice | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to notice=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | name | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the name | common, enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not refine in a quote | participle | as hand rammer; nearly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | propose in a quote | present · perfect · passive | stamper | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | |||||
| 6 | introduce in a quote | would · passive | you | the category of seals | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient through which=Instrument | ||||
| 7 | think speech: other in a quote | infinitive | name not said here | of the great stamp of state | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | impress in a quote | present | the great stamp of state | the royal seal | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus seal=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | give in a quote | present | the royal seal | effect | the laws | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent effect=Theme to law=Recipient | |||
| 10 | notice in a quote | your | nom notice «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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