Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Darning-needle, sentence 14
You must take pains to grow, for it is not every one who has sealing-wax dropped upon him;" and as she spoke, the darning-needle drew herself up so proudly that she fell out of the handkerchief right into the sink, which the cook was cleaning. "
Who acts: You, appearance, one, sealing wax, wax, darning needle · What happens: take, grow, not be, have, drop, speak · To what, where: pains, needle, handkerchief, sink · 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 (You, appearance, one, sealing wax), 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | pains | pain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 grow | mark |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pains | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 one | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 one | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 one | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 one | advmod |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 one | det |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | appos |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 has | nsubj |
| 15 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 one | acl:relcl |
| 16 | sealing | sealing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wax | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 sealing | punct |
| 18 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dropped | nsubj |
| 19 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 has | parataxis |
| 20 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 dropped | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 drew | cc |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 spoke | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 spoke | nsubj |
| 27 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 drew | advcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 spoke | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 needle | det |
| 30 | darning | darning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 needle | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 darning | punct |
| 32 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 drew | nsubj |
| 33 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | conj |
| 34 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 33 drew | obj |
| 35 | up | up | ADP | _ | 33 drew | compound:prt |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 37 proudly | advmod |
| 37 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 33 drew | advmod |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 fell | mark |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 fell | nsubj |
| 40 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 drew | advcl |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 44 handkerchief | case |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 handkerchief | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 handkerchief | det |
| 44 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 fell | obl |
| 45 | right | right | ADV | _ | 48 sink | advmod |
| 46 | into | into | ADP | _ | 48 sink | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 sink | det |
| 48 | sink | sink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 fell | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 cleaning | punct |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 cleaning | obj |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 cook | det |
| 52 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 cleaning | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 cleaning | aux |
| 54 | cleaning | clean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 sink | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | must | You | pains | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | You not said here | pains not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | appearance | for every one | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have | present | every one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | drop | past | sealing wax | upon pin | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | speak speech: other in a quote | past | wax | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | draw up in a quote | past | the darning needle | needle | proudly property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | |||
| 8 | fall in a quote | past | needle | the handkerchief | into the sink | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme out handkerchief=Initial_Location into sink=Destination | |||
| 9 | clean in a quote | past · progressive | the cook | the sink | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
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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