Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, sentence 106
Even afterwards, when they were left alone, and she asked, "Did you know me again, Ib?" he still stood holding her hand, and said at last, "You are become quite a grand lady, Christina, and I am only a rough working man; but I have often thought of you and of old times."
Who acts: Christina, you, Ib · What happens: leave, ask, know, stand, hold, say · To what, where: lips, Christina, hand, last, You, rough working man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christina, you, Ib), 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 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 2 afterwards | advmod |
| 2 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 7 left | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 afterwards | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 left | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 left | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | aux:pass |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 left | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 asked | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 asked | cc |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 asked | nsubj |
| 12 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 know | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 know | punct |
| 15 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 know | aux |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 know | nsubj |
| 17 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 asked | ccomp |
| 18 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 know | obj |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 know | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Ib | punct |
| 21 | Ib | Ib | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 know | vocative |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 stood | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 stood | nsubj |
| 25 | still | still | ADV | _ | 26 stood | advmod |
| 26 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | parataxis |
| 27 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 stood | xcomp |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 holding | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 said | cc |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stood | conj |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 last | case |
| 34 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 said | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 become | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 become | punct |
| 37 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 become | nsubj |
| 38 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 become | aux:pass |
| 39 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 said | conj |
| 40 | quite | quite | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 lady | det:predet |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 lady | det |
| 42 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 lady | amod |
| 43 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 become | xcomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Christina | punct |
| 45 | Christina | Christina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 lady | appos |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 man | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 man | cc |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 man | nsubj |
| 49 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 man | cop |
| 50 | only | only | ADV | _ | 54 man | advmod |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 man | det |
| 52 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 man | amod |
| 53 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 54 man | amod |
| 54 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 become | xcomp |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
| 56 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 60 thought | cc |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 thought | nsubj |
| 58 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 thought | aux |
| 59 | often | often | ADV | _ | 60 thought | advmod |
| 60 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 left | conj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 you | case |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 60 thought | obl |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 times | cc |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 times | case |
| 65 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 times | amod |
| 66 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 you | conj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
| 68 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · passive | lips = lip | afterwards, alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | Christina | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | know in a quote | past · do-support | you | Christina | again | Ib vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||
| 4 | stand | past | Ib | still | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | hold | gerund | Ib not said here | Christina's hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Ib not said here | last | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | become in a quote | present · passive | You | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 8 | work in a quote | gerund | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | is a in a quote | present | Ib | a rough working man | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | think speech: other in a quote | present · perfect | Ib | of you; often property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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