Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling, sentence 44
Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something very grand, and a great honor for a duck; it shows that every one is anxious not to lose her, as she can be recognized both by man and beast.
Who acts: you, duck, leg, it, one, man · What happens: do, not see, have, tie, be, show · To what, where: red flag, something, duck · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Ugly Duckling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, duck, leg, it), 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 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | advcl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 flag | det |
| 8 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 flag | amod |
| 9 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 10 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 flag | acl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 leg | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 leg | nmod:poss |
| 13 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tied | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 something | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 something | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 something | cop |
| 17 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 leg | appos |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 grand | advmod |
| 19 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 something | amod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 honor | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 honor | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 honor | det |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 honor | amod |
| 24 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flag | conj |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 duck | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 duck | det |
| 27 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 honor | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 shows | punct |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 shows | nsubj |
| 30 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | parataxis |
| 31 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 anxious | mark |
| 32 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 one | det |
| 33 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 anxious | nsubj |
| 34 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 anxious | cop |
| 35 | anxious | anxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 shows | ccomp |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 lose | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 lose | mark |
| 38 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 anxious | xcomp |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 lose | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 recognized | punct |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 45 recognized | mark |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 recognized | nsubj |
| 43 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 recognized | aux |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 recognized | aux:pass |
| 45 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 shows | conj |
| 46 | both | both | ADV | _ | 45 recognized | advmod |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 man | case |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 recognized | obl |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 beast | cc |
| 50 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 man | conj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not see | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | have | present | duck | a red flag and a great honor for a duck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient | ||||
| 4 | tie | participle | a red flag and a great honor for a duck not said here | to duck's leg | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | duck's leg | something | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | show | present | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is | present | every one | anxious property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | not lose | to-infinitive | every one not said here | duck | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | recognize | can · passive | man and beast | duck | both property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
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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