Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 1, sentence 38
She knew not in what direction to go; but she was so unhappy, and longed so for her brothers, who had been, like herself, driven out into the world, that she was determined to seek them.
Who acts: queen, brothers · What happens: not know, go, be, long, drive out, seek · To what, where: direction, brothers, world
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, 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 (queen, brothers), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 knew | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 direction | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 direction | nsubj |
| 6 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knew | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 direction | acl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 unhappy | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 unhappy | cc |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 unhappy | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 unhappy | cop |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 unhappy | advmod |
| 14 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knew | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 longed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 longed | cc |
| 17 | longed | long | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | parataxis |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 longed | advmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 brothers | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 21 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 longed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 herself | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 herself | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 herself | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 herself | cop |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 herself | punct |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 28 herself | case |
| 28 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 brothers | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 driven | punct |
| 30 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 brothers | acl |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 driven | compound:prt |
| 32 | into | into | ADP | _ | 34 world | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 world | det |
| 34 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 driven | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 determined | punct |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 determined | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 determined | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 determined | cop |
| 39 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 longed | conj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 seek | mark |
| 41 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 determined | xcomp |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 seek | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past | queen | direction | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer direction=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | queen not said here | direction not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | queen | unhappy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | long | past | for queen's brothers | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for brother=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is | past · perfect | queen's brothers | like queen | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | drive out | participle | queen's brothers not said here | the world | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into world=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | is | past | queen | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | seek | to-infinitive | queen not said here | brothers = brother | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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