Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Year, sentence 45

"I know who he is," said an old raven, who sat on the fence, and was condescending enough to acknowledge that we are all equal in the sight of Heaven, even as little birds, and therefore he talked with the sparrows, and gave them the information they wanted. "

Who acts: old raven, man, we, sparrows · What happens: know, be, say, sit, acknowledge, talk · To what, where: fence, sight, information, sparrows, Heaven · 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 raven, man, we, sparrows), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 is	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 is	nsubj
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 know	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 raven	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 raven	amod
12	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sat	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sat	nsubj
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 raven	acl:relcl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 fence	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fence	det
18	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sat	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 condescending	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 condescending	cc
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 condescending	cop
22	condescending	condescending	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sat	conj
23	enough	enough	ADV	_	22 condescending	advmod
24	to	to	PART	_	25 acknowledge	mark
25	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 condescending	csubj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 equal	mark
27	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 equal	nsubj
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 equal	cop
29	all	all	ADV	_	30 equal	advmod
30	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 acknowledge	ccomp
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 sight	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 sight	det
33	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 equal	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Heaven	case
35	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 sight	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 birds	punct
37	even	even	ADV	_	40 birds	advmod
38	as	as	ADP	_	40 birds	case
39	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 birds	amod
40	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 acknowledge	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 talked	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 talked	cc
43	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	45 talked	advmod
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 talked	nsubj
45	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
46	with	with	ADP	_	48 sparrows	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 sparrows	det
48	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 talked	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 gave	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 gave	cc
51	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 gave	iobj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 information	det
54	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 gave	obj
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 wanted	nsubj
56	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 information	acl:relcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	a old raven = raven					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	be in a quote	present	man					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	a old raven					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	sit	past	a old raven			the fence		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on fence=Location
5	is	past	a old raven not said here				condescending, enough property	tree rules
6	acknowledge	to-infinitive						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
7	is	present	we			the sight of Heaven	all, equal property	tree rules
8	talk	past	man				with the sparrows; therefore property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sparrow=Co-Agent
9	give	past	a old raven not said here	the information	sparrows = sparrow			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient information=Theme
10	want	past	sparrows = sparrow	the information not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot information=Theme
11	sight			Heaven				nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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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