Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 1, sentence 106
American huts, English cottages, French pavilions, kiosks, theatres, churches, all strewn around, and between them the fresh green turf, the clear springing water, blooming bushes, rare trees, hothouses, in which one might fancy one's self transported into the tropical forest; whole gardens brought from Damascus, and blooming under one roof.
Who acts: one, whole gardens · What happens: bloom, fancy, transport, bring · To what, where: bushes, one, self, tropical forest, whole gardens, Damascus
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, whole gardens), 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 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 huts | amod |
| 2 | huts | hut | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cottages | punct |
| 4 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cottages | amod |
| 5 | cottages | cottage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 huts | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pavilions | punct |
| 7 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pavilions | amod |
| 8 | pavilions | pavilion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 huts | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kiosks | punct |
| 10 | kiosks | kiosk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 huts | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 theatres | punct |
| 12 | theatres | theatre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 huts | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 churches | punct |
| 14 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 huts | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 strewn | punct |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 strewn | advmod |
| 17 | strewn | strewn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 huts | conj |
| 18 | around | around | ADV | _ | 17 strewn | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 turf | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 turf | cc |
| 21 | between | between | ADP | _ | 22 them | case |
| 22 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 turf | obl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 turf | det |
| 24 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 turf | amod |
| 25 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 turf | amod |
| 26 | turf | turf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 huts | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 water | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 water | det |
| 29 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 water | amod |
| 30 | springing | springing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 water | compound |
| 31 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 turf | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 blooming | punct |
| 33 | blooming | bloom | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 turf | conj |
| 34 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 blooming | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 trees | punct |
| 36 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 trees | amod |
| 37 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 bushes | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 hothouses | punct |
| 39 | hothouses | hothouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 bushes | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 fancy | punct |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 which | case |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 fancy | obl |
| 43 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 fancy | nsubj |
| 44 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 fancy | aux |
| 45 | fancy | fancy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 blooming | advcl |
| 46 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 fancy | obj |
| 47 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 46 one | case |
| 48 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 fancy | obj |
| 49 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 self | acl |
| 50 | into | into | ADP | _ | 53 forest | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 forest | det |
| 52 | tropical | tropical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 forest | amod |
| 53 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 transported | obl |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 gardens | punct |
| 55 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 gardens | amod |
| 56 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 turf | parataxis |
| 57 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 gardens | acl |
| 58 | from | from | ADP | _ | 59 Damascus | case |
| 59 | Damascus | Damascus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 brought | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 blooming | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 blooming | cc |
| 62 | blooming | bloom | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 56 gardens | acl |
| 63 | under | under | ADP | _ | 65 roof | case |
| 64 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 65 roof | nummod |
| 65 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 blooming | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 huts | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bloom | gerund | bushes and rare trees and hothouses | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location bush=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fancy | might | one | one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | transport | participle | self not said here | the tropical forest | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | bring | participle | whole gardens not said here | Damascus | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from damascus=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | bloom | gerund | whole gardens not said here | one roof | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under roof=Location |
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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