Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing, sentence 173

She has a hymn-book with large silver clasps, in which she often reads; and in the book, between the leaves, lies a rose, quite flat and dry; it is not so pretty as the roses which are standing in the glass, and yet she smiles at it most pleasantly, and tears even come into her eyes. "

Who acts: GRANDMOTHER, hymn book, rose, roses, tears · What happens: have, clasp, read, lie, not be, stand · To what, where: book, glass, rose, eyes

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (GRANDMOTHER, hymn book, rose, roses), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
4	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 hymn	punct
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clasps	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 silver	case
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 silver	amod
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 book	nmod
10	clasps	clasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reads	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 reads	obl
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 reads	nsubj
15	often	often	ADV	_	16 reads	advmod
16	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 clasps	conj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 lies	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 lies	cc
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 book	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 book	det
21	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lies	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 leaves	punct
23	between	between	ADP	_	25 leaves	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 leaves	det
25	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 book	appos
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 book	punct
27	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 rose	det
29	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 lies	nsubj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 flat	punct
31	quite	quite	ADV	_	32 flat	advmod
32	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lies	parataxis
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 dry	cc
34	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 flat	conj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 pretty	punct
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 pretty	nsubj
37	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 pretty	cop
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	40 pretty	advmod
39	so	so	ADV	_	40 pretty	advmod
40	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
41	as	as	ADP	_	43 roses	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 roses	det
43	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 pretty	obl
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 standing	nsubj
45	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 standing	aux
46	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 roses	acl:relcl
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 glass	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 glass	det
49	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 standing	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 smiles	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 smiles	cc
52	yet	yet	ADV	_	54 smiles	advmod
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 smiles	nsubj
54	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
55	at	at	ADP	_	56 it	case
56	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 smiles	obl
57	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	58 pleasantly	advmod
58	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	54 smiles	advmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 come	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 come	cc
61	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 come	nsubj
62	even	even	ADV	_	63 come	advmod
63	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
64	into	into	ADP	_	66 eyes	case
65	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 eyes	nmod:poss
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 come	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct
68	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	GRANDMOTHER				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	clasp	present	a hymn book with large silver				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	read	present	GRANDMOTHER			often property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	lie	present	a rose	the book			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location
5	not is	present	rose			as the roses; pretty property	tree rules
6	stand	present · progressive	the roses	the glass			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in glass=Location
7	smile	present	GRANDMOTHER	rose	yet	pleasantly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	come	present	tears	GRANDMOTHER's eyes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into eye=Initial_Location

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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