Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Fir Tree, sentence 138
Yes; one morning people came to clear out the garret, the boxes were packed away, and the tree was pulled out of the corner, and thrown roughly on the garret floor; then the servant dragged it out upon the staircase where the daylight shone. "
Who acts: morning people, servant, daylight · What happens: come, clear out, pack away, pull out, throw, drag out · To what, where: garret, boxes, tree, corner, garret floor
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (morning people, servant, daylight), 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 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 came | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 morning | nummod |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 people | compound |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 packed | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 clear | mark |
| 8 | clear | clear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 came | advcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 clear | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 garret | det |
| 11 | garret | garret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clear | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 packed | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 boxes | det |
| 14 | boxes | box | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 packed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 packed | aux:pass |
| 16 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 packed | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 pulled | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 pulled | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 tree | det |
| 21 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 pulled | aux:pass |
| 23 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 packed | conj |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 corner | case |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 corner | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 corner | det |
| 27 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 pulled | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 thrown | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 thrown | cc |
| 30 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 pulled | conj |
| 31 | roughly | roughly | ADV | _ | 30 thrown | advmod |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 floor | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 floor | det |
| 34 | garret | garret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 floor | compound |
| 35 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 thrown | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 dragged | punct |
| 37 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 dragged | advmod |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 servant | det |
| 39 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dragged | nsubj |
| 40 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 packed | conj |
| 41 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 dragged | obj |
| 42 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 dragged | compound:prt |
| 43 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 45 staircase | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 staircase | det |
| 45 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dragged | obl |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 shone | advmod |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 daylight | det |
| 48 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 shone | nsubj |
| 49 | shone | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 staircase | acl:relcl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 packed | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 packed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | morning people | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | clear out | to-infinitive | morning people not said here | the garret | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent garret=Source | ||||
| 3 | pack away | past · passive | the boxes | away property | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pull out | past · passive | the tree | the corner | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | throw | participle | the garret floor | roughly property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination | ||||
| 6 | drag out | past | the servant | garret | then | upon the staircase | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||
| 7 | shine | past | the daylight | vn light_emission-43.1 «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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