Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dryad, part 3, sentence 92
All the nations in the world, they thought, had made an exhibition of their inhabitants, for the edification of the soles and haddocks, pike and carp, that they might give their opinions upon the different kinds.
Who acts: eyes · What happens: think, make, give, exhibit, edify, opine · To what, where: exhibition, opinions, inhabitants, soles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 nations | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nations | det |
| 3 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 world | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 world | det |
| 6 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nations | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thought | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 thought | nsubj |
| 9 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 nations | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | aux |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 thought | ccomp |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 exhibition | det |
| 14 | exhibition | exhibition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 inhabitants | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 inhabitants | nmod:poss |
| 17 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 exhibition | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 edification | punct |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 edification | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 edification | det |
| 21 | edification | edification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 soles | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 soles | det |
| 24 | soles | sole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 edification | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 haddocks | cc |
| 26 | haddocks | haddock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 soles | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 pike | punct |
| 28 | pike | pike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 soles | appos |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 carp | cc |
| 30 | carp | carp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 pike | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 give | punct |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 give | mark |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 give | nsubj |
| 34 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 give | aux |
| 35 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 made | parataxis |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 opinions | nmod:poss |
| 37 | opinions | opinion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 give | obj |
| 38 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 41 kinds | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 kinds | det |
| 40 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 kinds | amod |
| 41 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 give | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 nations | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | eyes = eye | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | past · perfect | a exhibition of eyes's inhabitants | for the edification of the soles and haddocks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent exhibition=Product for edification=Asset | ||||
| 3 | give | might | eyes = eye | eyes's opinions | upon the different kinds | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme | |||
| 4 | exhibit | eyes's inhabitants | nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | edify | the soles and haddocks | nom edification «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | opine | eyes = eye | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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