Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 2, sentence 10
The chestnut tree stood upon the wagon, and nodded his branches; whether this meant "farewell" or "forward," the Dryad knew not; she dreamed only of the marvellous new things, that seemed yet so familiar, and that were to unfold themselves before her.
Who acts: chestnut tree, this, Dryad, journey, marvellous new things, that · What happens: stand, nod, mean, not know, dream, seem · To what, where: wagon, branches, farewell
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chestnut tree, this, Dryad, journey), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | chestnut | chestnut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 wagon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wagon | det |
| 7 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nodded | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 nodded | cc |
| 10 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 branches | nmod:poss |
| 12 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 nodded | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 meant | punct |
| 14 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 16 meant | mark |
| 15 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 meant | nsubj |
| 16 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | parataxis |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 farewell | punct |
| 18 | farewell | farewell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 meant | obj |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 farewell | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 forward | cc |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 forward | punct |
| 22 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 18 farewell | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 knew | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 knew | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Dryad | det |
| 26 | Dryad | Dryad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 knew | nsubj |
| 27 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 meant | conj |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 knew | advmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 dreamed | punct |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 dreamed | nsubj |
| 31 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | conj |
| 32 | only | only | ADV | _ | 37 things | advmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 things | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 things | det |
| 35 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 things | amod |
| 36 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 things | amod |
| 37 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 dreamed | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 seemed | punct |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 seemed | nsubj |
| 40 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 things | acl:relcl |
| 41 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 40 seemed | advmod |
| 42 | so | so | ADV | _ | 43 familiar | advmod |
| 43 | familiar | familiar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 seemed | xcomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 unfold | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 unfold | cc |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 unfold | nsubj |
| 47 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 unfold | aux |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 unfold | mark |
| 49 | unfold | unfold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stood | conj |
| 50 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 49 unfold | obj |
| 51 | before | before | ADP | _ | 52 her | case |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 unfold | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the chestnut tree | the wagon | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon wagon=Location | ||||
| 2 | nod | past | the chestnut tree not said here | Paris's branches | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient | ||||
| 3 | mean | past | this | farewell | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farewell=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not know | past | the Dryad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | dream | past | journey | of the marvellous new things | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | seem | past | the marvellous new things | yet | familiar property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||
| 7 | unfold | past | that | branches = branch | before journey | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=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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