Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing, sentence 44
And then Martha repeated to the laundress, in a very few minutes, all that the mayor had said to her boy, which she had overheard; and she felt very angry that any man could speak, as he had done, of a mother to her own child, about the few drops she had taken; and she was still more angry because, on that very day, the mayor was going to have a dinner-party, at which there would be wine, strong, rich wine, drunk by the bottle. "
Who acts: Martha, boy, man, mayor · What happens: repeat, say, overhear, feel, speak, do · To what, where: mayor, boy, dinner party, wine, strong rich wine · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Martha, boy, man, mayor), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 repeated | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 repeated | advmod |
| 3 | Martha | Martha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 repeated | nsubj |
| 4 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 laundress | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 laundress | det |
| 7 | laundress | laundress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 repeated | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 minutes | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 minutes | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 minutes | det |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 few | advmod |
| 12 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 minutes | amod |
| 13 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 repeated | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 minutes | punct |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 said | det:predet |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 said | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 mayor | det |
| 18 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 said | aux |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 repeated | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 boy | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 boy | nmod:poss |
| 23 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 said | obl:agent |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 overheard | punct |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 overheard | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 overheard | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 overheard | aux |
| 28 | overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 boy | acl:relcl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 felt | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 felt | cc |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 felt | nsubj |
| 32 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 repeated | parataxis |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 angry | advmod |
| 34 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 felt | xcomp |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 speak | mark |
| 36 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 man | det |
| 37 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 speak | nsubj |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 speak | aux |
| 39 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 angry | advcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 done | punct |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 done | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 done | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 done | aux |
| 44 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 felt | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 mother | punct |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 mother | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 mother | det |
| 48 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 done | obl |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 child | case |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 child | nmod:poss |
| 51 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 child | amod |
| 52 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 mother | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 taken | punct |
| 54 | about | about | ADP | _ | 57 drops | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 drops | det |
| 56 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 drops | amod |
| 57 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 taken | obl |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 taken | nsubj |
| 59 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 taken | aux |
| 60 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 done | conj |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 67 angry | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 angry | cc |
| 63 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 angry | nsubj |
| 64 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 angry | cop |
| 65 | still | still | ADV | _ | 67 angry | advmod |
| 66 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 67 angry | advmod |
| 67 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 repeated | parataxis |
| 68 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 78 going | mark |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 because | punct |
| 70 | on | on | ADP | _ | 73 day | case |
| 71 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 73 day | det |
| 72 | very | very | ADV | _ | 73 day | advmod |
| 73 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 going | obl |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 day | punct |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 mayor | det |
| 76 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 going | nsubj |
| 77 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 78 going | aux |
| 78 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 67 angry | advcl |
| 79 | to | to | PART | _ | 80 have | mark |
| 80 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 78 going | xcomp |
| 81 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 84 party | det |
| 82 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 party | compound |
| 83 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 82 dinner | punct |
| 84 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 have | obj |
| 85 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 87 which | punct |
| 86 | at | at | ADP | _ | 87 which | case |
| 87 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 80 have | advcl:relcl |
| 88 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 91 wine | expl |
| 89 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 91 wine | aux |
| 90 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 91 wine | cop |
| 91 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 87 which | conj |
| 92 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 wine | punct |
| 93 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 96 wine | amod |
| 94 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 93 strong | punct |
| 95 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 96 wine | amod |
| 96 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 91 wine | conj |
| 97 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 98 drunk | punct |
| 98 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 96 wine | acl |
| 99 | by | by | ADP | _ | 101 bottle | case |
| 100 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 101 bottle | det |
| 101 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 98 drunk | obl |
| 102 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 repeated | punct |
| 103 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 repeated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | past | Martha | then; minute | to the laundress | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | Martha's boy | the mayor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | overhear | past · perfect · passive | Martha's boy | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | feel | past | Martha | angry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | speak speech: other | could | any man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | do | past · perfect | man | of a mother to Martha's own child | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | take | past · perfect | Martha | about the few drops | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is | past | Martha | still | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | go | past · progressive | the mayor | day | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 10 | have | to-infinitive | the mayor not said here | a dinner party | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | ||||
| 11 | is a | would | the mayor not said here | wine and strong rich wine | there | tree rules | |||
| 12 | drink | participle | strong rich wine not said here | by the bottle | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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