Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 83

Then her youngest sister whispered to the old goblin, "That is only because she has heard, in a Norwegian song, that when the world shall decay, the cliffs of Norway will remain standing like monuments; and she wants to get there, that she may be safe; for she is so afraid of sinking."

Who acts: world, cliffs, daughter · What happens: whisper, be, decay, remain, stand, want · To what, where: youngest sister, old goblin, That · 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 (world, cliffs, daughter), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 sister	advmod
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
3	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sister	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 goblin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 goblin	amod
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispered	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 heard	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 heard	punct
12	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 heard	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 heard	cop
14	only	only	ADV	_	18 heard	advmod
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 heard	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 heard	nsubj
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 heard	aux
18	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sister	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 song	punct
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 song	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 song	det
22	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 song	amod
23	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 decay	punct
25	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 decay	obj
26	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	30 decay	advmod
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 world	det
28	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 decay	nsubj
29	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 decay	aux
30	decay	decay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 song	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 cliffs	punct
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 cliffs	det
33	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 remain	nsubj
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Norway	case
35	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 cliffs	nmod
36	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 remain	aux
37	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 decay	ccomp
38	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 remain	xcomp
39	like	like	ADP	_	40 monuments	case
40	monuments	monument	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 standing	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 wants	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 wants	cc
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 wants	nsubj
44	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 decay	advcl
45	to	to	PART	_	46 get	mark
46	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 wants	xcomp
47	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 get	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 safe	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 safe	mark
50	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 safe	nsubj
51	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 safe	aux
52	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 safe	cop
53	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 wants	conj
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 afraid	punct
55	for	for	SCONJ	_	59 afraid	mark
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 afraid	nsubj
57	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 afraid	cop
58	so	so	ADV	_	59 afraid	advmod
59	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 decay	parataxis
60	of	of	SCONJ	_	61 sinking	mark
61	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	59 afraid	advcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sister	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sister	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	participle		daughter's youngest sister not said here	the old goblin			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to goblin=Recipient
2	is in a quote	present · perfect · passive		That			hear property	tree rules
3	decay in a quote	shall	the world	that				tree rules
4	remain in a quote	future	the cliffs of Norway					tree rules
5	stand in a quote	gerund	the cliffs of Norway not said here				like monuments	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	want in a quote	present	daughter					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	get not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	daughter not said here			there		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
8	is in a quote	may	daughter				safe property	tree rules
9	is in a quote	present	daughter				afraid property	tree rules
10	sink in a quote	gerund	daughter not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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