Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Windmill, sentence 21
The little thoughts may grow--I know that very well; and out in the world thoughts come too, and not only of my kind, for as far as I can see, I cannot discern anything like myself; but the wingless houses, whose throats make no noise, have thoughts too, and these come to my thoughts, and make love to them, as it is called.
Who acts: little thoughts, I, world thoughts, throats, wingless houses, these · What happens: grow, know, come, see, not discern, make · To what, where: anything, noise, thoughts, love · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Windmill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little thoughts, I, world thoughts, throats), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thoughts | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thoughts | amod |
| 3 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | aux |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 8 know | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | advcl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 well | mark |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 well | advmod |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 know | ccomp |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 come | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 come | cc |
| 14 | out | out | ADV | _ | 19 come | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 thoughts | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 thoughts | det |
| 17 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thoughts | compound |
| 18 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 come | nsubj |
| 19 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | parataxis |
| 20 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 come | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 kind | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 kind | cc |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 kind | advmod |
| 24 | only | only | ADV | _ | 27 kind | advmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 kind | case |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 kind | nmod:poss |
| 27 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 come | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 far | punct |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 far | case |
| 30 | as | as | ADV | _ | 31 far | advmod |
| 31 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 kind | advmod |
| 32 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 35 see | mark |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 see | nsubj |
| 34 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 see | aux |
| 35 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 far | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 see | punct |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 discern | nsubj |
| 38 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 discern | aux |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 discern | advmod |
| 40 | discern | discern | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 see | ccomp |
| 41 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 40 discern | obj |
| 42 | like | like | ADP | _ | 43 myself | case |
| 43 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 41 anything | nmod |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 have | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 56 have | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 houses | det |
| 47 | wingless | wingless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 houses | amod |
| 48 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 have | nsubj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 make | punct |
| 50 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 51 throats | nmod:poss |
| 51 | throats | throat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 make | nsubj |
| 52 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 houses | acl:relcl |
| 53 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 54 noise | det |
| 54 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 make | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 make | punct |
| 56 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | conj |
| 57 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 have | obj |
| 58 | too | too | ADV | _ | 56 have | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 come | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 come | cc |
| 61 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 62 come | nsubj |
| 62 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grow | parataxis |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 65 thoughts | case |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 65 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 come | obl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 make | punct |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 make | cc |
| 68 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 come | conj |
| 69 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 make | obj |
| 70 | to | to | ADP | _ | 71 them | case |
| 71 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 make | obl |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 called | punct |
| 73 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 76 called | mark |
| 74 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 76 called | nsubj:pass |
| 75 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 76 called | aux:pass |
| 76 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 make | parataxis |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 grow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | may | the little thoughts | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | come | present | the world thoughts | out property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | can | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | not discern | can | I | anything | like myself | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | make | present | throats | no noise | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | ||||
| 7 | have | present | the wingless houses | thoughts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | ||||
| 8 | come | present | these | my thoughts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to thought=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | make | infinitive | these not said here | love | thoughts = thought | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset love=Product | |||
| 10 | call | present · passive | noise | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 11 | think | my | nom thought «cognition 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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