Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey, sentence 53
At his next visit he fancied he must have got into a narrow needlecase, full of sharp needles: "Oh," thought he, "this must be the heart of an old maid;" but such was not the fact; it belonged to a young officer, who wore several orders, and was said to be a man of intellect and heart.
Who acts: rain, this, fact, young officer · What happens: fancy, get, think, be, not be, belong · To what, where: next visit, narrow needlecase, rain, heart, such fact, several orders · Speech: someone speaks here
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, this, fact, young officer), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 visit | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 visit | nmod:poss |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 visit | amod |
| 4 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fancied | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fancied | nsubj |
| 6 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | aux |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 got | aux |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 fancied | ccomp |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 needlecase | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 needlecase | det |
| 13 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 needlecase | amod |
| 14 | needlecase | needlecase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 full | punct |
| 16 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 needlecase | amod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 needles | case |
| 18 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 needles | amod |
| 19 | needles | needle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 full | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 thought | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 thought | punct |
| 22 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 25 thought | discourse |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Oh | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 thought | punct |
| 25 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fancied | conj |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 thought | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 heart | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 heart | punct |
| 29 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 heart | nsubj |
| 30 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 heart | aux |
| 31 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 heart | cop |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 heart | det |
| 33 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 thought | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 maid | case |
| 35 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 maid | det |
| 36 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 maid | amod |
| 37 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 heart | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 fact | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 fact | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 fact | cc |
| 41 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 fact | amod |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 fact | cop |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 fact | advmod |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 fact | det |
| 45 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 thought | obl |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 belonged | punct |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 belonged | nsubj |
| 48 | belonged | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fancied | conj |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 officer | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 officer | det |
| 51 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 officer | amod |
| 52 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 belonged | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 wore | punct |
| 54 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 wore | nsubj |
| 55 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 officer | acl:relcl |
| 56 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 orders | amod |
| 57 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 wore | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 said | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 said | cc |
| 60 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 said | aux:pass |
| 61 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 fancied | parataxis |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 man | mark |
| 63 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 65 man | cop |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 man | det |
| 65 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 said | ccomp |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 intellect | case |
| 67 | intellect | intellect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 man | nmod |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 heart | cc |
| 69 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 man | conj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fancied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fancy | past | rain | rain's next visit | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | must · perfect | rain | a narrow needlecase | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into needlecase=Destination | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | rain not said here | rain | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | must | this | the heart | of a old maid | tree rules | |||
| 5 | not is a | past | the such fact | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | belong | past | fact | to a young officer | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | wear | past | a young officer | several orders | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent order=Source | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past · passive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | ||||||
| 9 | is a | to-infinitive | a man and heart | of intellect | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | visit | rain | nom visit «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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