Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Darning-needle, sentence 13
May I be allowed to ask if you are made of gold?" she inquired of her neighbor, a pin; "you have a very pretty appearance, and a curious head, although you are rather small.
Who acts: I, needle, you · What happens: allow, ask, make, inquire, have, be · To what, where: I, you, pretty appearance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Darning-needle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, needle, 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 | May | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 ask | mark |
| 6 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 made | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux:pass |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ask | ccomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 gold | case |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 allowed | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 allowed | punct |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 inquired | nsubj |
| 16 | inquired | inquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | parataxis |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 neighbor | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 neighbor | nmod:poss |
| 19 | neighbor | neighbor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 inquired | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 pin | punct |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 pin | det |
| 22 | pin | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 neighbor | conj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 have | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 have | punct |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 have | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | parataxis |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 appearance | det |
| 28 | very | very | ADV | _ | 29 pretty | advmod |
| 29 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 appearance | amod |
| 30 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 have | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 head | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 head | cc |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 head | det |
| 34 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 head | amod |
| 35 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 small | punct |
| 37 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 41 small | mark |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 small | nsubj |
| 39 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 small | cop |
| 40 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 41 small | advmod |
| 41 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 allowed | conj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 allowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | may · passive | I | a curious head obl | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | you | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 4 | inquire speech: other in a quote | past | needle | of needle's neighbor and a pin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of neighbor=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | have | present | you | a pretty appearance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient | ||||
| 6 | is | present | you | small property | tree rules |
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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