Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 43
The wooden figure threw a gigantic shadow on the wall, and even on part of the ceiling; it seemed as if the real Holger Danske stood behind it, for the shadow moved; but this was no doubt caused by the flame of the lamp not burning steadily.
Who acts: wooden figure, it, real Holger Danske, shadow, this, lamp · What happens: throw, seem, stand, move, be, cause · To what, where: gigantic shadow, wall, ceiling, doubt
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 (wooden figure, it, real Holger Danske, shadow), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 figure | det |
| 2 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 figure | amod |
| 3 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | nsubj |
| 4 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shadow | det |
| 6 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shadow | amod |
| 7 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 wall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wall | det |
| 10 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 part | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 part | cc |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 15 part | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 part | case |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 ceiling | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 ceiling | det |
| 18 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 part | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 seemed | punct |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 seemed | nsubj |
| 21 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 threw | parataxis |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 stood | mark |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 stood | mark |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Danske | det |
| 25 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Danske | amod |
| 26 | Holger | Holger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Danske | compound |
| 27 | Danske | Danske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 stood | nsubj |
| 28 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 seemed | advcl |
| 29 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 30 it | case |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 stood | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 moved | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 35 moved | mark |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 shadow | det |
| 34 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 moved | nsubj |
| 35 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 stood | conj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 doubt | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 doubt | cc |
| 38 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 doubt | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 doubt | cop |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 doubt | det |
| 41 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | parataxis |
| 42 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 doubt | acl |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 flame | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 flame | det |
| 45 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 caused | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 lamp | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 lamp | det |
| 48 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 flame | nmod |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 burning | advmod |
| 50 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 48 lamp | acl |
| 51 | steadily | steadily | ADV | _ | 50 burning | advmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | the wooden figure | a gigantic shadow | the wall | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shadow=Theme on wall=Destination | |||
| 2 | seem | past | it | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stand | past | the real Holger Danske | ceiling | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind it=Location | ||||
| 4 | move | past | the shadow | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is a | past | this | no doubt | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | cause | participle | no doubt not said here | by the flame of the lamp | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 7 | not burn | gerund | the lamp not said here | steadily property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | flame | the lamp | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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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