Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship, sentence 79

They were the same stars, and in the same position over me as when I used to sit in front of our hut at Delphi, and I had almost begun to fancy I was still there, when suddenly there was a splash in the water--Anastasia had fallen in; but in a moment Aphtanides has sprung in after her, and was now holding her up to me.

Who acts: stars, I, splash, Anastasia · What happens: be, use, sit, begin, fancy, fall in · To what, where: same stars, front, splash, moment, Anastasia, me

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stars, I, splash, Anastasia), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stars	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stars	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stars	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stars	amod
5	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 position	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 position	cc
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 position	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 position	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 position	amod
11	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stars	appos
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 position	nmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 used	mark
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 used	advmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 used	nsubj
17	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 position	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 sit	mark
19	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 used	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 front	case
21	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sit	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 hut	case
23	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 hut	nmod:poss
24	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 front	nmod
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 Delphi	case
26	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 hut	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 begun	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 begun	cc
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 begun	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 begun	aux
31	almost	almost	ADV	_	32 begun	advmod
32	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 used	conj
33	to	to	PART	_	34 fancy	mark
34	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 begun	xcomp
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 there	nsubj
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 there	cop
37	still	still	ADV	_	38 there	advmod
38	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 fancy	ccomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 was	punct
40	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	43 was	advmod
41	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	43 was	advmod
42	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	43 was	expl
43	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 position	parataxis
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 splash	det
45	splash	splash	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 was	nsubj
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 water	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 water	det
48	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 splash	nmod
49	--	--	PUNCT	_	52 fallen	punct
50	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 fallen	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 fallen	aux
52	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 splash	acl
53	in	in	ADP	_	52 fallen	obl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 sprung	punct
55	but	but	CCONJ	_	61 sprung	cc
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 moment	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 moment	det
58	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 sprung	nsubj:pass
59	Aphtanides	Aphtanides	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 moment	appos
60	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 sprung	aux
61	sprung	spring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 was	conj
62	in	in	ADP	_	64 her	case
63	after	after	ADP	_	64 her	case
64	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 sprung	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 holding	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 holding	cc
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 holding	aux
68	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	69 holding	advmod
69	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	61 sprung	advcl
70	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 holding	obj
71	up	up	ADP	_	69 holding	compound:prt
72	to	to	ADP	_	73 me	case
73	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 holding	obl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stars	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	stars = star	the same stars					tree rules
2	use	past	I						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	sit	to-infinitive	I not said here			front of our hut at Delphi			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location
4	begin	past · perfect	I					almost property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	fancy	to-infinitive	I not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	is	past	I				still	there property	tree rules
7	be	past	a splash in the water			there		suddenly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	fall in	past · perfect	Anastasia	a splash in the water not said here					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient splash=Result
9	spring	present · perfect · passive		a moment				in Anastasia	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
10	hold up	past · progressive		Anastasia	me		now		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=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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