Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elf of the Rose, sentence 75
But during the night, the first after the sister's death, while the brother was sleeping in his bed, close to where he had placed the fragrant jasmine, every flower cup opened, and invisibly the little spirits stole out, armed with poisonous spears.
Who acts: brother, flower cup, little spirits, sister · What happens: sleep, place, open, steal out, die · To what, where: bed, fragrant jasmine
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 (brother, flower cup, little spirits, sister), 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 | _ | 36 opened | cc |
| 2 | during | during | ADP | _ | 4 night | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 opened | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 first | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 first | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 night | amod |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 death | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sister | det |
| 10 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 death | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 sister | case |
| 12 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 first | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sleeping | punct |
| 14 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 18 sleeping | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 brother | det |
| 16 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sleeping | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sleeping | aux |
| 18 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 first | acl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 bed | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 bed | nmod:poss |
| 21 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sleeping | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 close | punct |
| 23 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 first | conj |
| 24 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 28 placed | mark |
| 25 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 28 placed | advmod |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 placed | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 placed | aux |
| 28 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 close | advcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 jasmine | det |
| 30 | fragrant | fragrant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 jasmine | amod |
| 31 | jasmine | jasmine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 placed | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cup | punct |
| 33 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 cup | det |
| 34 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cup | compound |
| 35 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 opened | nsubj |
| 36 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 stole | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 stole | cc |
| 39 | invisibly | invisibly | ADV | _ | 43 stole | advmod |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 spirits | det |
| 41 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 spirits | amod |
| 42 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 stole | nsubj |
| 43 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 opened | advcl |
| 44 | out | out | ADP | _ | 43 stole | compound:prt |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 armed | punct |
| 46 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 opened | advcl |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 spears | case |
| 48 | poisonous | poisonous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 spears | amod |
| 49 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 armed | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past · progressive | the brother | brother's bed | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | ||||
| 2 | place | past · perfect | brother | the fragrant jasmine | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent jasmine=Theme | ||||
| 3 | open | past | every flower cup | night | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | steal out | past | the little spirits | invisibly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | die | the sister | nom death «event intransitive»: 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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