Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wicked Prince, sentence 14
At last the prince had his own statue erected on the public places and fixed on the royal palaces; nay, he even wished it to be placed in the churches, on the altars, but in this the priests opposed him, saying: "Prince, you are mighty indeed, but God's power is much greater than yours; we dare not obey your orders."
Who acts: last prince, prince, priests, you, power, we · What happens: have, erect, fix, wish, place, oppose · To what, where: own statue, public places, royal palaces, statue, churches, prince · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wicked Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last prince, prince, priests, you), 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 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 prince | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 statue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 statue | amod |
| 8 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 9 | erected | erect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 statue | acl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 places | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 places | det |
| 12 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 places | amod |
| 13 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 erected | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fixed | cc |
| 15 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 erected | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 palaces | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 palaces | det |
| 18 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 palaces | amod |
| 19 | palaces | palace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fixed | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 wished | punct |
| 21 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 25 wished | discourse |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 nay | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 wished | nsubj |
| 24 | even | even | ADV | _ | 25 wished | advmod |
| 25 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 wished | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 placed | mark |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 placed | aux:pass |
| 29 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 wished | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 churches | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 churches | det |
| 32 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 placed | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 altars | punct |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 altars | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 altars | det |
| 36 | altars | altar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 placed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 opposed | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 opposed | cc |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 priests | case |
| 40 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 priests | det |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 priests | det |
| 42 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 opposed | nsubj |
| 43 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 had | parataxis |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 opposed | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 saying | punct |
| 46 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 opposed | advcl |
| 47 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 49 Prince | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 Prince | punct |
| 49 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 saying | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 mighty | punct |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 mighty | nsubj |
| 52 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 mighty | cop |
| 53 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 Prince | conj |
| 54 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 53 mighty | advmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 greater | punct |
| 56 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 62 greater | cc |
| 57 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 power | nmod:poss |
| 58 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 57 God | case |
| 59 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 greater | nsubj |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 greater | cop |
| 61 | much | much | ADV | _ | 62 greater | advmod |
| 62 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 49 Prince | amod |
| 63 | than | than | ADP | _ | 64 yours | case |
| 64 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 greater | obl |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 69 obey | punct |
| 66 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 69 obey | nsubj |
| 67 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 obey | aux |
| 68 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 67 dare | advmod |
| 69 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 had | parataxis |
| 70 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 orders | nmod:poss |
| 71 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 obey | obj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 69 obey | punct |
| 73 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 69 obey | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the last prince | prince's own statue | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | erect | participle | prince's own statue not said here | the public places | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fix | participle | the royal palaces | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | wish | past | prince | statue | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | place | to-infinitive · passive | prince not said here | the churches | on the altars | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on altar=Destination | |||
| 6 | oppose | past | this priests | prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | gerund | this priests not said here | Prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | you | indeed, mighty property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | present | God's power | than yours; great property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | obey in a quote | present | we | your orders | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 11 | order in a quote | your | nom order «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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