Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Golden Treasure, sentence 168
"He's grown famous!" said the Fire-drum, and all his native town said the same thing, for the drummer's son, Peter with the red hair--Peter whom they had known as a little boy, running about in wooden shoes, and then as a drummer, playing for the dancers--was become famous!
Who acts: Fire drum, native town, drummer · What happens: grow, say, know, run about, play, become · To what, where: father, same thing, Peter, wooden shoes, drummer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fire drum, native town, drummer), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 grown | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grown | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 grown | aux:pass |
| 4 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 said | ccomp |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 grown | xcomp |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 grown | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 grown | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 drum | det |
| 10 | Fire | Fire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 drum | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Fire | punct |
| 12 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 town | det:predet |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 town | nmod:poss |
| 17 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 town | amod |
| 18 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 thing | det |
| 21 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 thing | amod |
| 22 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 son | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 son | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 drummer | det |
| 26 | drummer | drummer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 son | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 drummer | case |
| 28 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | ccomp |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Peter | punct |
| 30 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 son | appos |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 hair | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 hair | det |
| 33 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 hair | amod |
| 34 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obl |
| 35 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 Peter | punct |
| 36 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 hair | appos |
| 37 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 known | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 known | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 known | aux |
| 40 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 Peter | acl:relcl |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 boy | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 boy | det |
| 43 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 boy | amod |
| 44 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 known | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 running | punct |
| 46 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 said | advcl |
| 47 | about | about | ADV | _ | 46 running | advmod |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 shoes | case |
| 49 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 shoes | amod |
| 50 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 running | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 drummer | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 drummer | cc |
| 53 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 drummer | advmod |
| 54 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 drummer | case |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 drummer | det |
| 56 | drummer | drummer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 become | nsubj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 playing | punct |
| 58 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 56 drummer | acl |
| 59 | for | for | ADP | _ | 61 dancers | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 dancers | det |
| 61 | dancers | dancer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 playing | obl |
| 62 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 56 drummer | punct |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 become | aux:pass |
| 64 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 said | ccomp |
| 65 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 become | xcomp |
| 66 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | present · passive | father | famous property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | the Fire drum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | father's native town | the same thing | with the red hair | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent thing=Theme with hair=Manner | |||
| 4 | know | past · perfect · passive | Peter | as a little boy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as boy=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | run about | gerund | father's native town not said here | wooden shoes | about property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | play | gerund | a drummer not said here | for the dancers | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for dancer=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | become | past · passive | a drummer | famous property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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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