Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey, sentence 47
Gladly would he have fallen on his knees in such a sacred place; but he was carried on to another heart, still, however, listening to the tones of the organ, and feeling himself that he had become another and a better man.
Who acts: rain · What happens: fall, carry on, listen, feel, become, intonate · To what, where: knees, rain, organ
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 5 fallen | advmod |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fallen | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fallen | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fallen | aux |
| 5 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 knees | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 knees | nmod:poss |
| 8 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fallen | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 place | case |
| 10 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 place | det:predet |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 place | det |
| 12 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 place | amod |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fallen | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 carried | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 carried | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 carried | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 carried | aux:pass |
| 18 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fallen | conj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 carried | compound:prt |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 heart | case |
| 21 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 heart | det |
| 22 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 carried | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 still | punct |
| 24 | still | still | ADV | _ | 18 carried | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 listening | punct |
| 26 | however | however | ADV | _ | 28 listening | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 listening | punct |
| 28 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 carried | advcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 tones | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 tones | det |
| 31 | tones | tone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 listening | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 organ | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 organ | det |
| 34 | organ | organ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 tones | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 feeling | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 feeling | cc |
| 37 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 listening | conj |
| 38 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 feeling | obj |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 become | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 become | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 become | aux |
| 42 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 feeling | advcl |
| 43 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 42 become | xcomp |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 man | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 man | det |
| 46 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 man | amod |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 another | conj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fallen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | would · perfect | rain | rain's knees | in such sacred place; gladly property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | |||
| 2 | carry on | past · passive | rain | still | to another heart | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | listen | gerund | to the tones of the organ; however property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tone=Theme | |||||
| 4 | feel | gerund | rain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||||
| 5 | become | past · perfect | rain | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | intonate | the organ | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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