Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Flax, sentence 55

But the paper did not go on its travels; it was sent to the printer, and all the words written upon it were set up in type, to make a book, or rather, many hundreds of books; for so many more persons could derive pleasure and profit from a printed book, than from the written paper; and if the paper had been sent around the world, it would have been worn out before it had got half through its journey.

Who acts: paper, many more persons, song · What happens: not go, travel, send, write, set up, make · To what, where: song, printer, words, type, book, pleasure

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Flax. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (paper, many more persons, song), 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	_	6 go	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paper	det
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	SCONJ	_	9 travels	mark
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 travels	nmod:poss
9	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 go	advcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 sent	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sent	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sent	aux:pass
13	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 go	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 printer	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 printer	det
16	printer	printer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sent	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 set	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 set	cc
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 words	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 words	det
21	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 set	nsubj:pass
22	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 words	acl
23	upon	upon	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 written	obl
25	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 set	aux:pass
26	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 sent	conj
27	up	up	ADP	_	26 set	compound:prt
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 type	case
29	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 set	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 make	punct
31	to	to	PART	_	32 make	mark
32	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 sent	parataxis
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 book	det
34	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 make	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 hundreds	punct
36	or	or	CCONJ	_	40 hundreds	cc
37	rather	rather	ADV	_	40 hundreds	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 rather	punct
39	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 hundreds	amod
40	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 make	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 books	case
42	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 hundreds	nmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 derive	punct
44	for	for	SCONJ	_	50 derive	mark
45	so	so	ADV	_	46 many	advmod
46	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 persons	amod
47	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	48 persons	amod
48	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 derive	nsubj
49	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 derive	aux
50	derive	derive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 make	conj
51	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 derive	obj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 profit	cc
53	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 pleasure	conj
54	from	from	ADP	_	57 book	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 book	det
56	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 book	amod
57	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 derive	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 paper	punct
59	than	than	ADP	_	63 paper	case
60	from	from	ADP	_	63 paper	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 paper	det
62	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 paper	amod
63	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 derive	parataxis
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 sent	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 sent	cc
66	if	if	SCONJ	_	71 sent	mark
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 paper	det
68	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 sent	nsubj:pass
69	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 sent	aux
70	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	71 sent	aux:pass
71	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 go	conj
72	around	around	ADP	_	74 world	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 world	det
74	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 sent	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 sent	punct
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 worn	nsubj:pass
77	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 worn	aux
78	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	80 worn	aux
79	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	80 worn	aux:pass
80	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 sent	parataxis
81	out	out	ADP	_	80 worn	compound:prt
82	before	before	SCONJ	_	85 got	mark
83	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 got	nsubj
84	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 got	aux
85	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	80 worn	advcl
86	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	85 got	advmod
87	through	through	ADP	_	89 journey	case
88	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	89 journey	nmod:poss
89	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 got	obl
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not go	past · do-support	the paper				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	travel	present	the paper not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	send	past · passive		song	the printer		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to printer=Destination
4	write	participle		all words not said here		upon song	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	set up	past · passive		all words	type		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in type=Destination
6	make	to-infinitive		a book		many hundreds of books obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset book=Product
7	derive	could	many more persons	pleasure and profit	a printed book		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent pleasure=Result from book=Material
8	print	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	write	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	send a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		the paper	the world		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
11	wear out	would · perfect · passive		song			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
12	get	past · perfect	song		song's journey	half property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through journey=Destination
13	journey		song				nom journey «act transitive»: 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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