Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 52
And Holger Danske did dream of the little humble room in which the image-carver sat; he heard all that had been said, and he nodded in his dream, saying, "Ah, yes, remember me, you Danish people, keep me in your memory, I will come to you in the hour of need."
Who acts: Holger, image carver, you · What happens: do, sit, hear, say, nod, remember · To what, where: dream, little humble room, that, Holger, memory, you · 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 (Holger, image carver, you), 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 | _ | 4 did | cc |
| 2 | Holger | Holger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 3 | Danske | Danske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Holger | flat |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 room | amod |
| 9 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 room | amod |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dream | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 sat | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 carver | det |
| 14 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 carver | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 image | punct |
| 16 | carver | carver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sat | nsubj |
| 17 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 room | advcl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 heard | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 heard | nsubj |
| 20 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 said | det:predet |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 said | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 said | aux |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 said | aux:pass |
| 25 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 heard | ccomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 nodded | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 nodded | cc |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 nodded | nsubj |
| 29 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 heard | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 dream | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 dream | nmod:poss |
| 32 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 nodded | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 saying | punct |
| 34 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 nodded | advcl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 remember | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 remember | punct |
| 37 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 41 remember | discourse |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Ah | punct |
| 39 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 41 remember | discourse |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 yes | punct |
| 41 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 saying | ccomp |
| 42 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 remember | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 people | punct |
| 44 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 46 people | nsubj |
| 45 | Danish | danish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 people | amod |
| 46 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 remember | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 keep | punct |
| 48 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 remember | conj |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 keep | obj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 memory | case |
| 51 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 memory | nmod:poss |
| 52 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 keep | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 come | punct |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 come | nsubj |
| 55 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 come | aux |
| 56 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 heard | conj |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 you | case |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 56 come | obl |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 hour | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 hour | det |
| 61 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 come | obl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 need | case |
| 63 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 hour | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 65 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Holger | dream of the little humble room | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | sit | past | the image carver | the little humble room | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location | ||||
| 3 | hear | past | Holger | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | that | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 5 | nod | past | Holger | in Holger's dream | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dream=Theme | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | gerund | Holger not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | remember in a quote | infinitive | Holger | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||||
| 8 | people in a quote | you | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | keep in a quote | infinitive | Holger | your memory | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme in memory=Location | ||||
| 10 | come in a quote | future | Holger | you | hour | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location | |||
| 11 | dream | the little humble room | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 12 | dream | Holger | nom dream «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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