Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Year, sentence 153
And in quiet thought old Winter looked at the leafless forest, where the graceful form and bends of each tree and branch could be seen; and while Winter slept, icy mists came from the clouds, and the ruler dreamt of his youthful days and of his manhood, and in the morning dawn the whole forest glittered with hoar frost, which the sun shook from the branches,--and this was the summer dream of Winter.
Who acts: old Winter, Winter, icy mists, sun, this · What happens: think, look, bend, see, sleep, come · To what, where: quiet, ruler dreamt, clouds, whole forest, hoar frost, branches · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Winter, Winter, icy mists, sun), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 thought | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 quiet | case |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | obl |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Winter | amod |
| 6 | Winter | Winter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 looked | nsubj |
| 7 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 forest | det |
| 10 | leafless | leafless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 forest | amod |
| 11 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looked | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 where | punct |
| 13 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 26 seen | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 form | det |
| 15 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 form | amod |
| 16 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 where | nsubj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bends | cc |
| 18 | bends | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 where | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 tree | case |
| 20 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 tree | det |
| 21 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bends | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 branch | cc |
| 23 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 tree | conj |
| 24 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 seen | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 seen | aux:pass |
| 26 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 forest | acl:relcl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 came | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 came | cc |
| 29 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 31 slept | mark |
| 30 | Winter | Winter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 slept | nsubj |
| 31 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 came | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 slept | punct |
| 33 | icy | icy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 mists | amod |
| 34 | mists | mist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 came | nsubj |
| 35 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | conj |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 clouds | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 clouds | det |
| 38 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 came | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 dreamt | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 dreamt | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 dreamt | det |
| 42 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 dreamt | compound |
| 43 | dreamt | dreamt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 came | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 days | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 days | nmod:poss |
| 46 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 days | amod |
| 47 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 dreamt | nmod |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 manhood | cc |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 manhood | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 manhood | nmod:poss |
| 51 | manhood | manhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 days | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 dawn | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 dawn | cc |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 dawn | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 dawn | det |
| 56 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 dawn | compound |
| 57 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 came | obl |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 forest | det |
| 59 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 forest | amod |
| 60 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 dawn | appos |
| 61 | glittered | glitter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 forest | acl |
| 62 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 frost | case |
| 63 | hoar | hoar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 frost | amod |
| 64 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 glittered | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 shook | punct |
| 66 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 69 shook | obj |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 sun | det |
| 68 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 shook | nsubj |
| 69 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 frost | conj |
| 70 | from | from | ADP | _ | 72 branches | case |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 branches | det |
| 72 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 shook | obl |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 dream | punct |
| 74 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 80 dream | punct |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 dream | cc |
| 76 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 80 dream | nsubj |
| 77 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 80 dream | cop |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 dream | det |
| 79 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 dream | compound |
| 80 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 forest | conj |
| 81 | of | of | ADP | _ | 82 Winter | case |
| 82 | Winter | Winter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 dream | nmod |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | quiet | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | past | old Winter | at the leafless forest | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at forest=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bend | present | of each tree and branch | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of tree=Location | |||||
| 4 | see | could · passive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 5 | sleep | past | Winter | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | come | past | icy mists | the ruler dreamt of form's youthful days and form's manhood | the clouds | dawn | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cloud=Initial_Location | ||
| 7 | glitter | participle | the whole forest and the summer dream not said here | with hoar frost | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with frost=Theme | ||||
| 8 | shake | past | the sun | hoar frost | the branches | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent which=Theme from branch=Trajectory | |||
| 9 | is a | past | this | the summer dream | of Winter | 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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