Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 25
Mai--!" and they were very nearly pronouncing the whole word "maiden;" but they broke off short, and swallowed the last syllable; for after mature deliberation they considered it beneath their dignity to protest.
Who acts: Mai, chips · What happens: pronounce, break off, swallow, consider, protest · To what, where: whole word, last syllable, syllable
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 (Mai, chips), 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 | Mai | Mai | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 pronouncing | nsubj |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mai | punct |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mai | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mai | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 pronouncing | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pronouncing | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 pronouncing | aux |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 pronouncing | advmod |
| 9 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 10 pronouncing | advmod |
| 10 | pronouncing | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 word | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 word | amod |
| 13 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pronouncing | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 maiden | punct |
| 15 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 word | appos |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 broke | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 broke | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 broke | cc |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 broke | nsubj |
| 20 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 pronouncing | parataxis |
| 21 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 broke | compound:prt |
| 22 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 broke | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 swallowed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 swallowed | cc |
| 25 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 broke | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 syllable | det |
| 27 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 syllable | amod |
| 28 | syllable | syllable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 swallowed | obj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 considered | punct |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 deliberation | case |
| 31 | after | after | ADP | _ | 33 deliberation | case |
| 32 | mature | mature | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 deliberation | amod |
| 33 | deliberation | deliberation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 considered | obl |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 considered | nsubj |
| 35 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 broke | conj |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 considered | obj |
| 37 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 39 dignity | case |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 dignity | nmod:poss |
| 39 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 considered | obl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 protest | mark |
| 41 | protest | protest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 dignity | acl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 pronouncing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronounce in a quote | past · progressive | Mai | the whole word | nearly property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | |||
| 2 | break off in a quote | past | chips = chip | short property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | swallow in a quote | past | chips = chip not said here | the last syllable | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syllable=Patient | ||||
| 4 | consider in a quote | past | chips = chip | syllable | for mature deliberation; beneath chips's dignity | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | |||
| 5 | protest speech: disagree in a quote | to-infinitive | chips = chip not said here | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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