Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetting, sentence 6
Towards the evening robbers came; they killed three of her people and also the yard-dog, and attached Mrs. Meta to the kennel by the chain, while they themselves made good cheer in the hall and drank the wine and the good ale out of her cellar.
Who acts: robbers, chain · What happens: come, kill, attach, make, drink · To what, where: evening robbers, three people, Mrs., good cheer, hall, wine
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetting. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robbers, chain), 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 | Towards | towards | ADP | _ | 4 robbers | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 robbers | det |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 robbers | compound |
| 4 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | obl |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 killed | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | nsubj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 people | nummod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 people | nmod:poss |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 killed | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dog | cc |
| 14 | also | also | ADV | _ | 18 dog | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dog | det |
| 16 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dog | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 yard | punct |
| 18 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 people | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 attached | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 attached | cc |
| 21 | attached | attach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 came | conj |
| 22 | Mrs. | Mrs. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 attached | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | Meta | Meta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Mrs. | flat |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 kennel | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 kennel | det |
| 26 | kennel | kennel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 attached | obl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 chain | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 chain | det |
| 29 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 attached | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 made | punct |
| 31 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 34 made | mark |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 made | nsubj |
| 33 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 32 they | nmod:unmarked |
| 34 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | parataxis |
| 35 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 cheer | amod |
| 36 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 hall | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 hall | det |
| 39 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 drank | cc |
| 41 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 made | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 wine | det |
| 43 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 drank | obj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 ale | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 ale | det |
| 46 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 ale | amod |
| 47 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 wine | conj |
| 48 | out | out | ADP | _ | 51 cellar | case |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 cellar | case |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 cellar | nmod:poss |
| 51 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 ale | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the evening robbers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards robber=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | kill | past | robbers = robber | deal's three people and the yard dog | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ||||
| 3 | attach | participle · passive | the chain | Mrs. | to the kennel | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to kennel=Co-Patient | |||
| 4 | make | past | robbers = robber | good cheer | the hall | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cheer=Product | |||
| 5 | drink | past | robbers = robber not said here | the wine and the good ale out deal's cellar | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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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