Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, I. Little Rudy, sentence 89

That child of the human race has a power within him which keeps me at a distance; I cannot possibly reach the boy when he hangs from the branches of trees, over the precipice; or I would gladly tickle his feet, and send him heels over head through the air; but I cannot accomplish it."

Who acts: child, power, I, Vertigo · What happens: have, keep, not reach, hang, tickle, send · To what, where: power, me, boy, branches, feet, heels

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, I. Little Rudy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (child, power, I, Vertigo), 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	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 race	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 race	det
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 race	amod
6	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 child	nmod
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 power	det
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	within	within	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 power	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 keeps	nsubj
13	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 power	acl:relcl
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 keeps	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 distance	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 distance	det
17	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeps	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 reach	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 reach	nsubj
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 reach	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 reach	advmod
22	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	23 reach	advmod
23	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 has	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 boy	det
25	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 reach	obj
26	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	28 hangs	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 hangs	nsubj
28	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 reach	advcl
29	from	from	ADP	_	31 branches	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 branches	det
31	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 hangs	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 trees	case
33	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 branches	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 precipice	punct
35	over	over	ADP	_	37 precipice	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 precipice	det
37	precipice	precipice	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 hangs	obl
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 tickle	punct
39	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 tickle	cc
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 tickle	nsubj
41	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	43 tickle	aux
42	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	43 tickle	advmod
43	tickle	tickle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 reach	conj
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 feet	nmod:poss
45	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 tickle	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 send	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 send	cc
48	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 tickle	conj
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 send	obj
50	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 send	obj
51	over	over	ADP	_	52 head	case
52	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 send	obl
53	through	through	ADP	_	55 air	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 air	det
55	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 send	obl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 accomplish	punct
57	but	but	CCONJ	_	61 accomplish	cc
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 accomplish	nsubj
59	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 accomplish	aux
60	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	61 accomplish	advmod
61	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 has	parataxis
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 accomplish	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	61 accomplish	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 accomplish	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	that child of the human race	a power			within Vertigo	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
2	keep	present	a power	me			at a distance	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme at distance=Location
3	not reach	can	I	the boy			possibly property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
4	hang	present	Vertigo			the branches of trees	over the precipice	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over precipice=Location
5	tickle	would	I	Vertigo's feet			gladly property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Experiencer
6	send	infinitive	I not said here	heels	Vertigo	head	through the air	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination heel=Theme
7	not accomplish	can	I	power				vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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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