Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elf of the Rose, sentence 69
But the wicked brother considered the beautiful blooming plant as his own property, left to him by his sister, and he placed it in his sleeping room, close by his bed, for it was very lovely in appearance, and the fragrance sweet and delightful.
Who acts: wicked brother, brother, plant · What happens: consider, leave, place, be · To what, where: beautiful blooming plant, brother, plant, sleeping room, appearance
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 (wicked brother, brother, plant), 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 | _ | 5 considered | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brother | det |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | nsubj |
| 5 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 plant | det |
| 7 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plant | amod |
| 8 | blooming | blooming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plant | amod |
| 9 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | obj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 property | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 property | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 property | amod |
| 13 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 considered | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 left | punct |
| 15 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 considered | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 left | obl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 sister | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sister | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 left | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 placed | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 placed | cc |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 placed | nsubj |
| 24 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 left | conj |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 placed | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 room | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 room | nmod:poss |
| 28 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 room | compound |
| 29 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 placed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 close | punct |
| 31 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 room | amod |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 bed | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 bed | nmod:poss |
| 34 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 close | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 lovely | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 lovely | mark |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 lovely | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 lovely | cop |
| 39 | very | very | ADV | _ | 40 lovely | advmod |
| 40 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 placed | conj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 appearance | case |
| 42 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lovely | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 sweet | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 sweet | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 fragrance | det |
| 46 | fragrance | fragrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 sweet | nsubj |
| 47 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 considered | parataxis |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 delightful | cc |
| 49 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 sweet | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 considered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | past | the wicked brother | the beautiful blooming plant | as brother's own property | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent plant=Attribute | |||
| 2 | leave | past | the wicked brother not said here | brother | by brother's sister | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | place | past | brother | plant | brother's sleeping room | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in room=Destination | |||
| 4 | is | past | plant | appearance | lovely property | tree rules |
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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