Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, II. the Journey to the New Home, sentence 50
This journey, with its varied incidents,--the wild paths, the night passed on the mountain, the steep rocky precipices, the hollow clefts, in which the rustling waters from time immemorial had worn away passages for themselves through blocks of stone,--all these were firmly impressed on Rudy's memory.
What happens: pass, wear away, impress · To what, where: night, mountain, rustling waters, steep rocky precipices, these, memory
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, II. the Journey to the New Home. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 journey | det |
| 2 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 incidents | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 incidents | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 incidents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | varied | varied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 incidents | amod |
| 7 | incidents | incident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 journey | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 paths | punct |
| 9 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 paths | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 paths | det |
| 11 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 paths | amod |
| 12 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 journey | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 night | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journey | conj |
| 16 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 night | acl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 mountain | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 mountain | det |
| 19 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 passed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 precipices | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 precipices | det |
| 22 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 precipices | amod |
| 23 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 precipices | amod |
| 24 | precipices | precipice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 journey | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 clefts | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 clefts | det |
| 27 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 clefts | amod |
| 28 | clefts | cleft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 precipices | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 worn | punct |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 which | case |
| 31 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 worn | obl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 waters | det |
| 33 | rustling | rustling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 waters | compound |
| 34 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 time | case |
| 36 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 waters | nmod |
| 37 | immemorial | immemorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 worn | aux |
| 39 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 precipices | acl |
| 40 | away | away | ADV | _ | 39 worn | advmod |
| 41 | passages | passage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 worn | obj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 themselves | case |
| 43 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 41 passages | nmod |
| 44 | through | through | ADP | _ | 45 blocks | case |
| 45 | blocks | block | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 worn | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 stone | case |
| 47 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 blocks | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 impressed | punct |
| 49 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 54 impressed | punct |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 impressed | det:predet |
| 51 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 54 impressed | nsubj:pass |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 impressed | aux:pass |
| 53 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 54 impressed | advmod |
| 54 | impressed | impress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 worn | conj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 58 memory | case |
| 56 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 memory | nmod:poss |
| 57 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 56 Rudy | case |
| 58 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 impressed | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 journey | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | participle | the night not said here | the mountain | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location | ||||
| 2 | wear away | past · perfect · passive | the rustling waters from time | the steep rocky precipices and the hollow clefts | through blocks of stone; away property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | impress | past · passive | these | Rudy's memory | firmly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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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