Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 1, sentence 95

We do not dwell here, but in a land just as fair, that lies beyond the ocean, which we have to cross for a long distance; there is no island in our passage upon which we could pass, the night; nothing but a little rock rising out of the sea, upon which we can scarcely stand with safety, even closely crowded together.

Who acts: We, that, ocean, island, our · What happens: not dwell, lie, have, cross, be, pass · To what, where: ocean, passage, sea

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 (We, that, ocean, island), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 dwell	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dwell	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 dwell	advmod
4	dwell	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 dwell	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fair	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 fair	cc
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 land	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 land	det
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fair	obl
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 fair	advmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 fair	case
13	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dwell	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lies	punct
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 lies	nsubj
16	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fair	parataxis
17	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	19 ocean	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ocean	det
19	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lies	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 have	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 have	obj
22	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 have	nsubj
23	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 ocean	acl:relcl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 cross	mark
25	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 have	xcomp
26	for	for	ADP	_	29 distance	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 distance	det
28	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 distance	amod
29	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cross	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 is	punct
31	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	32 is	expl
32	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dwell	parataxis
33	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	34 island	det
34	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 is	nsubj
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 passage	case
36	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 passage	nmod:poss
37	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 island	nmod
38	upon	upon	ADP	_	39 which	case
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 pass	obl
40	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 pass	nsubj
41	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 pass	aux
42	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 passage	acl:relcl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 night	punct
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 night	det
45	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 island	conj
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 nothing	punct
47	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 dwell	parataxis
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 rock	cc
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 rock	det
50	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 rock	amod
51	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 nothing	conj
52	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	47 nothing	acl
53	out	out	ADP	_	56 sea	case
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 sea	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 sea	det
56	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 rising	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 stand	punct
58	upon	upon	ADP	_	59 which	case
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 stand	obl
60	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 stand	nsubj
61	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 stand	aux
62	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	63 stand	advmod
63	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dwell	parataxis
64	with	with	ADP	_	65 safety	case
65	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 stand	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 crowded	punct
67	even	even	ADV	_	69 crowded	advmod
68	closely	closely	ADV	_	69 crowded	advmod
69	crowded	crowd	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 stand	advcl
70	together	together	ADV	_	69 crowded	advmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dwell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not dwell	present · do-support	We		here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie	present	that		the ocean		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond ocean=Location
3	have	present	we	the ocean			tree rules
4	cross	to-infinitive	the ocean not said here			for a long distance	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	does	present	no island in our passage and the night		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	pass	could	we		our passage		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon which=Location
7	rise	gerund			the sea		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out sea=Location
8	stand	can	we			with safety; scarcely property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon which=Location
9	crowd together	participle	we not said here			closely, together property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
10	pass		our				nom passage «act intransitive»: 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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