Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 1, sentence 88
"A splendid blossom of art and industry," said one, "has unfolded itself in the Champ de Mars, a gigantic sunflower, from whose petals one can learn geography and statistics, and can become as wise as a lord mayor, and raise one's self to the level of art and poetry, and study the greatness and power of the various lands."
Who acts: splendid blossom, one · What happens: say, unfold, learn, become, raise, study · To what, where: one, wonder, Champ Mars, geography, greatness · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (splendid blossom, one), 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 | _ | 4 blossom | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 blossom | det |
| 3 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 blossom | amod |
| 4 | blossom | blossom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 art | case |
| 6 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blossom | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 industry | cc |
| 8 | industry | industry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 art | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 blossom | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 blossom | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 said | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 unfolded | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 unfolded | punct |
| 15 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 unfolded | aux |
| 16 | unfolded | unfold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 said | ccomp |
| 17 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 16 unfolded | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Mars | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Mars | det |
| 20 | Champ | Champ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Mars | compound |
| 21 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Champ | flat |
| 22 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 unfolded | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sunflower | punct |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 sunflower | det |
| 25 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 sunflower | amod |
| 26 | sunflower | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Mars | appos |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 petals | punct |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 petals | case |
| 29 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 30 petals | nmod:poss |
| 30 | petals | petal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 unfolded | obl |
| 31 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 learn | nsubj |
| 32 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 learn | aux |
| 33 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 petals | acl:relcl |
| 34 | geography | geography | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 learn | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 statistics | cc |
| 36 | statistics | statistic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 geography | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 become | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 become | cc |
| 39 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 become | aux |
| 40 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 learn | conj |
| 41 | as | as | ADV | _ | 42 wise | advmod |
| 42 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 become | xcomp |
| 43 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 mayor | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 mayor | det |
| 45 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 mayor | compound |
| 46 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 wise | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 raise | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 raise | cc |
| 49 | raise | raise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 learn | conj |
| 50 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 raise | obj |
| 51 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 50 one | case |
| 52 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 raise | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 level | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 level | det |
| 55 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 raise | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 art | case |
| 57 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 level | nmod |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 poetry | cc |
| 59 | poetry | poetry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 art | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 study | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 study | cc |
| 62 | study | study | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 unfolded | parataxis |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 greatness | det |
| 64 | greatness | greatness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 study | obj |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 power | cc |
| 66 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 greatness | conj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 lands | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 lands | det |
| 69 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 lands | amod |
| 70 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 power | nmod |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 62 study | punct |
| 72 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 62 study | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | a splendid blossom of art and industry | one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | unfold in a quote | present · perfect | wonder | the Champ Mars | from petals | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | |||
| 3 | learn in a quote | can | one | geography and statistics | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent geography=Topic | ||||
| 4 | become in a quote | can | one not said here | wise property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | raise in a quote | infinitive | one not said here | one | to the level of art and poetry result | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Causer one=Patient self=Extent to level=Result | |||
| 6 | study in a quote | infinitive | the greatness and power of the various lands | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greatness=Topic |
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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