Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 3
"There is something going on within there," said the other lizard; "they propped up the top of the hill with four red posts, till cock-crow this morning, so that it is thoroughly aired, and the elfin girls have learnt new dances; there is something."
Who acts: something, other lizard, lizards, elfin girls · What happens: be, go on, say, prop up, air, learn · To what, where: top, hill, new dances · 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 (something, other lizard, lizards, elfin girls), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 2 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 is | expl |
| 3 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 is | nsubj |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 something | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 there | case |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 going | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lizard | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lizard | amod |
| 14 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 propped | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 propped | punct |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 propped | nsubj |
| 18 | propped | prop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 propped | compound:prt |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 top | det |
| 21 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 propped | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 hill | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hill | det |
| 24 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 top | nmod |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 posts | case |
| 26 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 posts | nummod |
| 27 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 posts | amod |
| 28 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 propped | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 crow | punct |
| 30 | till | till | ADP | _ | 33 crow | case |
| 31 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 crow | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 cock | punct |
| 33 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 propped | obl |
| 34 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 morning | det |
| 35 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 propped | obl:unmarked |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 aired | punct |
| 37 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 42 aired | mark |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 so | fixed |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 aired | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 aired | aux:pass |
| 41 | thoroughly | thoroughly | ADV | _ | 42 aired | advmod |
| 42 | aired | air | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 propped | parataxis |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 learnt | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 learnt | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 girls | det |
| 46 | elfin | elfin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 girls | compound |
| 47 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 learnt | nsubj |
| 48 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 learnt | aux |
| 49 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 aired | conj |
| 50 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 dances | amod |
| 51 | dances | dance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 learnt | obj |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 is | punct |
| 53 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 54 is | expl |
| 54 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 55 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 54 is | nsubj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 54 is | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | something | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | gerund | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the other lizard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | prop up in a quote | past | lizards = lizard | the top of the hill | till cock crow; morning | with four red posts | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent top=Theme | ||
| 5 | air in a quote | present · passive | hill | thoroughly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 6 | learn in a quote | present · perfect | the elfin girls | new dances | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Topic | ||||
| 7 | be in a quote | present | something | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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