Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 26
Ah, yes; that is indeed a noble heart in the Danish arms," said the grandfather, and his spirit followed the second flame, which carried him out to sea, where cannons roared and the ships lay shrouded in smoke, and the flaming heart attached itself to the breast of Hvitfeldt in the form of the ribbon of an order, as he blew himself and his ship into the air in order to save the fleet.
Who acts: that, noble heart, spirit, second flame, cannons, flaming heart · What happens: be, say, follow, carry out, roar, shroud · To what, where: noble heart, Danish arms, grandfather, second flame, Denmark, ships · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (that, noble heart, spirit, second flame), 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 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 10 heart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ah | punct |
| 3 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 heart | discourse |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 yes | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 heart | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 heart | cop |
| 7 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 10 heart | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 heart | det |
| 9 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 heart | amod |
| 10 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | nsubj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 arms | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 arms | det |
| 13 | Danish | danish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 arms | amod |
| 14 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 heart | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 heart | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 heart | punct |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 grandfather | det |
| 19 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 followed | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 followed | cc |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 spirit | nmod:poss |
| 23 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 followed | nsubj |
| 24 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | conj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 flame | det |
| 26 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 flame | amod |
| 27 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 followed | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 carried | punct |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 carried | nsubj |
| 30 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 flame | acl:relcl |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 carried | obj |
| 32 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 carried | compound:prt |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 sea | case |
| 34 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carried | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 roared | punct |
| 36 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 roared | advmod |
| 37 | cannons | cannon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 roared | nsubj |
| 38 | roared | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 carried | parataxis |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 shrouded | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 ships | det |
| 41 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 shrouded | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 shrouded | aux:pass |
| 43 | shrouded | shroud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 roared | conj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 smoke | case |
| 45 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 shrouded | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 attached | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 attached | cc |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 heart | det |
| 49 | flaming | flaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 heart | compound |
| 50 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 attached | nsubj |
| 51 | attached | attach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | conj |
| 52 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 51 attached | obj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 breast | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 breast | det |
| 55 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 attached | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 Hvitfeldt | case |
| 57 | Hvitfeldt | Hvitfeldt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 breast | nmod |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 form | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 form | det |
| 60 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 attached | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 ribbon | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 ribbon | det |
| 63 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 form | nmod |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 order | case |
| 65 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 order | det |
| 66 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 ribbon | nmod |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 blew | punct |
| 68 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 70 blew | mark |
| 69 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 blew | nsubj |
| 70 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | conj |
| 71 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 70 blew | obj |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 ship | cc |
| 73 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 ship | nmod:poss |
| 74 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 blew | conj |
| 75 | into | into | ADP | _ | 77 air | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 air | det |
| 77 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 blew | obl |
| 78 | in | in | ADP | _ | 79 order | case |
| 79 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 blew | obl |
| 80 | to | to | PART | _ | 81 save | mark |
| 81 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 blew | advcl |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 fleet | det |
| 83 | fleet | fleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 save | obj |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | a noble heart | the Danish arms | indeed property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | a noble heart | the grandfather | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grandfather=Topic | ||||
| 3 | follow in a quote | past | Denmark's spirit | the second flame | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | ||||
| 4 | carry out in a quote | past | the second flame | Denmark | to sea | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | roar in a quote | past | cannons | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | shroud in a quote | past · passive | the ships | in smoke | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in smoke=Theme | ||||
| 7 | attach in a quote | past | the flaming heart | spirit | the form of the ribbon of a order | to the breast of Hvitfeldt | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient to breast=Co-Patient | ||
| 8 | blow in a quote | past | Denmark | Denmark | the air | in order | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into air=Recipient in order=Topic | ||
| 9 | save in a quote | to-infinitive | Denmark not said here | the fleet | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleet=Theme | ||||
| 10 | form in a quote | the ribbon of a order | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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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