Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, sentence 167

Her thoughts were like a confused, tangled skein; only one thread, only one thought was clear to her, namely that she must carry the spectre of the sea-shore to the churchyard, and dig a grave for him there; that by so doing she might win back her soul.

Who acts: thoughts, one thought, Anne, confused tangled skein · What happens: be, carry, dig, do, win back, think · To what, where: Anne, spectre, grave, soul

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Anne Lisbeth. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thoughts, one thought, Anne, confused tangled skein), 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	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 thoughts	nmod:poss
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 skein	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 skein	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	9 skein	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 skein	det
6	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skein	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 confused	punct
8	tangled	tangled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skein	amod
9	skein	skein	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 thread	punct
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 thread	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 thread	nummod
13	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skein	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 clear	punct
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 one	advmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 thought	nummod
17	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 clear	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 clear	cop
19	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thread	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 clear	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 namely	punct
23	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thread	conj
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 carry	mark
25	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 carry	nsubj
26	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 carry	aux
27	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 namely	advcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 spectre	det
29	spectre	spectre	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 carry	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	34 shore	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 shore	det
32	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 shore	compound
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 sea	punct
34	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 spectre	nmod
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 churchyard	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 churchyard	det
37	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 shore	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 dig	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 dig	cc
40	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 carry	conj
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 grave	det
42	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 dig	obj
43	for	for	ADP	_	44 him	case
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 dig	obl
45	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	40 dig	advmod
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 that	punct
47	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 thread	conj
48	by	by	SCONJ	_	50 doing	mark
49	so	so	ADV	_	50 doing	advmod
50	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 skein	acl
51	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 win	nsubj
52	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 win	aux
53	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 doing	ccomp
54	back	back	ADV	_	53 win	advmod
55	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 soul	nmod:poss
56	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 win	obj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 skein	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Anne's thoughts				like a confused tangled skein	tree rules
2	is	past	one thought		Anne		clear property	tree rules
3	carry	must	Anne	the spectre of the sea shore to the churchyard				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectre=Theme
4	dig	infinitive	Anne not said here	a grave		there	for half	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grave=Result for he=Beneficiary
5	do	gerund	a confused tangled skein not said here					tree rules
6	win back	might	Anne	Anne's soul				vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Eventuality
7	think		Anne					nom thought «cognition 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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