Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2, sentence 7
Joanna pressed his hand, and said, "Have you ever been to the theatre? you must go once; I sing there on Wednesday, and if you have time on that day, I will send you a ticket; my father knows where your master lives."
Who acts: Joanna, you, father, master · What happens: press, say, have, be, go, sing · To what, where: hand, ticket, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (Joanna, you, father, master), 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 | Joanna | Joanna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pressed | nsubj |
| 2 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hand | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pressed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pressed | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Have | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Have | punct |
| 10 | Have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 Have | nsubj |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 16 theatre | advmod |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 theatre | cop |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 theatre | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 theatre | det |
| 16 | theatre | theatre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 you | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 go | nsubj |
| 19 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 go | aux |
| 20 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 21 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 20 go | advmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 sing | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 sing | nsubj |
| 24 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 pressed | parataxis |
| 25 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 sing | advmod |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 Wednesday | case |
| 27 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 sing | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 have | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 have | cc |
| 30 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 have | mark |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 have | nsubj |
| 32 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 sing | parataxis |
| 33 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obj |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 day | case |
| 35 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 day | det |
| 36 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 have | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 send | punct |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 send | nsubj |
| 39 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 send | aux |
| 40 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 have | conj |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 send | iobj |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 ticket | det |
| 43 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 send | obj |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 knows | punct |
| 45 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 father | nmod:poss |
| 46 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 knows | nsubj |
| 47 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 pressed | conj |
| 48 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 51 lives | advmod |
| 49 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 master | nmod:poss |
| 50 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 lives | nsubj |
| 51 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 knows | ccomp |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 47 knows | punct |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 knows | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | past | Joanna | Joanna's hand | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent hand=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | Joanna not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | participle | ever | to the theatre | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go in a quote | must | you | once property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | sing speech: express in a quote | present | Joanna | there | wednesday | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||
| 7 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | day; time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | send in a quote | future | Joanna | a ticket | you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination ticket=Theme | |||
| 9 | know in a quote | present | my father | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 10 | live in a quote | present | your master | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: 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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