Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 1, sentence 59
At length he become a journeyman; and then, for the first time, he prepared for a journey to Copenhagen, with his knapsack packed and ready.
Who acts: nearer · What happens: become, prepare, pack · To what, where: journeyman, length, Copenhagen, knapsack
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (nearer), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 length | case |
| 2 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 become | nsubj |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 journeyman | det |
| 6 | journeyman | journeyman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | xcomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 prepared | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 then | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 prepared | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 then | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 13 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prepared | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 time | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 prepared | nsubj |
| 17 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | parataxis |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 journey | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 journey | det |
| 20 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prepared | obl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Copenhagen | case |
| 22 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 prepared | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 knapsack | punct |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 knapsack | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 knapsack | nmod:poss |
| 26 | knapsack | knapsack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prepared | obl |
| 27 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 knapsack | acl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 ready | cc |
| 29 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 packed | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 become | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | nearer = near | a journeyman | length | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | prepare | past | nearer = near | Copenhagen | then; time | for a journey; with nearer's knapsack | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with knapsack=Instrument | ||
| 3 | pack | participle | nearer's knapsack not said here | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=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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