Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 22
And as he gazed on the uppermost lion, he thought of King Canute, who chained great England to Denmark's throne; and he looked at the second lion, and thought of Waldemar, who untied Denmark and conquered the Vandals.
Who acts: man, King Canute, Waldemar · What happens: gaze, think, chain, look, untie, conquer · To what, where: great England, Denmark, Vandals
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Holger Danske. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, King Canute, Waldemar), 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 | _ | 11 thought | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 gazed | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gazed | nsubj |
| 4 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thought | advcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 lion | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lion | det |
| 7 | uppermost | uppermost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lion | amod |
| 8 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gazed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gazed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 thought | nsubj |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Canute | case |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Canute | compound |
| 14 | Canute | Canute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 thought | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chained | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 chained | nsubj |
| 17 | chained | chain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Canute | acl:relcl |
| 18 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 England | amod |
| 19 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 chained | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 throne | case |
| 21 | Denmark | Denmark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 throne | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 Denmark | case |
| 23 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 chained | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 looked | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 looked | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 looked | nsubj |
| 27 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thought | parataxis |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 lion | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 lion | det |
| 30 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 31 lion | amod |
| 31 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 looked | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 thought | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 thought | cc |
| 34 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 looked | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Waldemar | case |
| 36 | Waldemar | Waldemar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 thought | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 untied | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 untied | nsubj |
| 39 | untied | untie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Waldemar | acl:relcl |
| 40 | Denmark | Denmark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 untied | obj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 conquered | cc |
| 42 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 untied | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Vandals | det |
| 44 | Vandals | Vandal | PROPN | Number=Plur | 42 conquered | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gaze | past | man | on the uppermost lion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on lion=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | man | of King Canute | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | chain | past | King Canute | great England | to Denmark's throne | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent england=Patient to throne=Co-Patient | |||
| 4 | look | past | man | at the second lion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lion=Theme | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | man not said here | of Waldemar | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | untie | past | Waldemar | Denmark | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent denmark=Patient | ||||
| 7 | conquer | past | Waldemar not said here | the Vandals | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vandal=Patient |
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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