Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, sentence 45
Her beautiful, noble child had been a dear angel, and possessed the kindest heart; he had loved her so much, and she had loved him in return; they had kissed and loved each other, and the boy had been her joy, her second life.
Who acts: beautiful noble child, child, Anne, countess, boy · What happens: be, possess, love, kiss · To what, where: dear angel, kindest heart, Anne, child, return, other
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 (beautiful noble child, child, Anne, countess), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 child | nmod:poss |
| 2 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 child | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 beautiful | punct |
| 4 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 child | amod |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 angel | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 angel | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 angel | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 angel | det |
| 9 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 angel | amod |
| 10 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 possessed | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 possessed | cc |
| 13 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 angel | parataxis |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 heart | det |
| 15 | kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 heart | amod |
| 16 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 possessed | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 loved | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 loved | nsubj |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 loved | aux |
| 20 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 possessed | conj |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 loved | obj |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 much | advmod |
| 23 | much | much | ADV | _ | 20 loved | advmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 loved | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 loved | cc |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 loved | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 loved | aux |
| 28 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 loved | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 loved | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 return | case |
| 31 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 loved | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 kissed | punct |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 kissed | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 kissed | aux |
| 35 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 possessed | parataxis |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 loved | cc |
| 37 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 kissed | conj |
| 38 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 other | det |
| 39 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 loved | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 joy | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 joy | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 boy | det |
| 43 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 joy | nsubj |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 joy | aux |
| 45 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 47 joy | cop |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 joy | nmod:poss |
| 47 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 angel | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 life | punct |
| 49 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 life | nmod:poss |
| 50 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 51 life | amod |
| 51 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 angel | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 angel | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past · perfect | Anne's beautiful noble child | a dear angel and Anne's joy and Anne's second life | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | possess | past | the kindest heart | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme | |||||
| 3 | love | past · perfect | child | Anne | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | love | past · perfect | Anne | child | return | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | kiss | past · perfect | countess | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | love | participle | countess not said here | each other | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | is a | past · perfect | the boy | Anne's joy | tree rules |
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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