Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, sentence 75
As the eyes of the old woman closed to earth, the eyes of the soul opened upon the hidden things of eternity, and then she, in whose last thoughts Inge had been so vividly present, saw how deeply the poor girl had sunk.
Who acts: eyes, woman, vividly present · What happens: close, open, be, see, sink, think · To what, where: old woman, earth, hidden things, vividly present, poor girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, woman, vividly present), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 eyes | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eyes | det |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 opened | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 woman | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 woman | amod |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eyes | nmod |
| 8 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 woman | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 earth | case |
| 10 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 closed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 eyes | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 eyes | det |
| 13 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 opened | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 soul | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 soul | det |
| 16 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eyes | nmod |
| 17 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 21 things | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 things | det |
| 20 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 things | amod |
| 21 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 opened | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 eternity | case |
| 23 | eternity | eternity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 things | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 present | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 present | cc |
| 26 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 present | advmod |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 present | nsubj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 thoughts | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 thoughts | case |
| 30 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 32 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 31 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 thoughts | amod |
| 32 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 present | nsubj |
| 33 | Inge | Inge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 present | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 present | aux |
| 35 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 present | cop |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 37 vividly | advmod |
| 37 | vividly | vividly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 present | amod |
| 38 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 opened | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 saw | punct |
| 40 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 opened | conj |
| 41 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 42 deeply | advmod |
| 42 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 47 sunk | advmod |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 girl | det |
| 44 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 girl | amod |
| 45 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 sunk | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 sunk | aux |
| 47 | sunk | sink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 saw | ccomp |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | participle | the old woman not said here | earth | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to earth=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | open | past | the eyes of the soul | the hidden things of eternity | as the eyes of the old woman | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thing=Location | |||
| 3 | is a | past · perfect | woman | vividly present | then | tree rules | |||
| 4 | see | past | the eyes of the soul not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | sink | past · perfect · passive | the poor girl | deeply property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 6 | think | vividly present | nom thought «cognition 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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