Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 19
We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the death-horse, or the grave-pig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their office, they are nearly related to us, and visit us very frequently."
Who acts: We, hobgoblins, that · What happens: have, think, not leave out, belong, not reckon, be · To what, where: old demons, death horse, office, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Elfin Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, hobgoblins, that), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 demons | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 demons | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 demons | amod |
| 7 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 class | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 class | amod |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 demons | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 tails | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 tails | case |
| 14 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 demons | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 think | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 think | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 hobgoblins | det |
| 18 | hobgoblins | hobgoblin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 think | nsubj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 imps | cc |
| 20 | imps | imp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 hobgoblins | conj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 think | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 think | cc |
| 23 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 think | advmod |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 think | nsubj |
| 25 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | parataxis |
| 26 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 leave | nsubj |
| 27 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 leave | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 leave | advmod |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 leave | mark |
| 30 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 think | ccomp |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 leave | compound:prt |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 horse | det |
| 33 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 horse | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 death | punct |
| 35 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pig | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 41 pig | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 pig | det |
| 39 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 pig | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 grave | punct |
| 41 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leave | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 dwarf | punct |
| 43 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 dwarf | cc |
| 44 | even | even | ADV | _ | 47 dwarf | advmod |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 dwarf | det |
| 46 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 dwarf | compound |
| 47 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 pig | appos |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 belong | punct |
| 49 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 52 belong | mark |
| 50 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 belong | nsubj |
| 51 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 belong | aux |
| 52 | belong | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 leave | parataxis |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 clergy | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 clergy | det |
| 55 | clergy | clergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 belong | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 reckoned | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 reckoned | cc |
| 58 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 reckoned | aux:pass |
| 59 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 60 reckoned | advmod |
| 60 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 belong | conj |
| 61 | among | among | ADP | _ | 63 people | case |
| 62 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 people | nmod:poss |
| 63 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 reckoned | obl |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 70 office | punct |
| 65 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 70 office | cc |
| 66 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 70 office | nsubj |
| 67 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 office | cop |
| 68 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 70 office | advmod |
| 69 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 office | nmod:poss |
| 70 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 think | obl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 related | punct |
| 72 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 related | nsubj |
| 73 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 75 related | cop |
| 74 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 75 related | advmod |
| 75 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 office | parataxis |
| 76 | to | to | ADP | _ | 77 us | case |
| 77 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 75 related | obl |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 visit | punct |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 visit | cc |
| 80 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 75 related | conj |
| 81 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 80 visit | obj |
| 82 | very | very | ADV | _ | 83 frequently | advmod |
| 83 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 80 visit | advmod |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 70 office | punct |
| 85 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 70 office | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | must | We | all old demons of the first class and tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | the hobgoblins and imps | then | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not leave out | ought | we | the death horse | the grave pig obl | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | |||
| 4 | belong | present · do-support | hobgoblins = hobgoblin | to the clergy | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not reckon | present · passive | hobgoblins = hobgoblin not said here | among our people | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S» | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | that | hobgoblins's office | merely property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | is | present | hobgoblins = hobgoblin | us | nearly, related property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | visit | infinitive | hobgoblins = hobgoblin not said here | us | frequently property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-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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