Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elf of the Rose, sentence 41

But the elf slipped out of the withered leaf, placed himself by the ear of the sleeping girl, and told her, as in a dream, of the horrid murder; described the place where her brother had slain her lover, and buried his body; and told her of the linden-tree, in full blossom, that stood close by.

Who acts: elf, withered leaf, brother, full blossom · What happens: slip out, wither, place, tell, describe, slay · To what, where: withered leaf, leaf, girl, place, lover, body · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Elf of the Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elf, withered leaf, brother, full blossom), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 slipped	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 elf	det
3	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	nsubj
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	9 leaf	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 leaf	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leaf	det
8	withered	wither	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 leaf	amod
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 placed	punct
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 leaf	acl
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 placed	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 ear	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ear	det
15	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 girl	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 girl	det
18	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 girl	compound
19	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ear	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 told	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 told	cc
22	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	conj
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 told	iobj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 dream	punct
25	as	as	ADP	_	28 dream	case
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 dream	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 dream	det
28	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 told	ccomp
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 murder	punct
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 murder	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 murder	det
32	horrid	horrid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 murder	amod
33	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 told	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 described	punct
35	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slipped	parataxis
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 place	det
37	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 described	obj
38	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	42 slain	advmod
39	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 brother	nmod:poss
40	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 slain	nsubj
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 slain	aux
42	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 place	acl:relcl
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 lover	nmod:poss
44	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 slain	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 buried	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 buried	cc
47	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	conj
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 body	nmod:poss
49	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 buried	obj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 told	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 told	cc
52	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	conj
53	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 told	iobj
54	of	of	ADP	_	58 tree	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 tree	det
56	linden	linden	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 tree	compound
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 linden	punct
58	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 told	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 blossom	punct
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 blossom	case
61	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 blossom	amod
62	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 told	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 stood	punct
64	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 stood	nsubj
65	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 blossom	acl:relcl
66	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	65 stood	advmod
67	by	by	ADP	_	66 close	fixed
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 slipped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	slip out	past	the elf	the withered leaf				vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
2	wither	participle						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	place	participle	the withered leaf not said here	leaf			by the ear of the sleeping girl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by ear=Destination
4	tell speech: assert	past	the elf not said here		girl		of the horrid murder	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
5	describe	participle		the place				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme
6	slay	past · perfect	girl's brother	girl's lover				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=Patient
7	bury	past	the elf not said here	leaf's body				vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme
8	tell speech: assert	past	the elf not said here		girl	full blossom	of the linden tree	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
9	stand	past	full blossom				close property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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