Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, III. the Uncle, sentence 26
He told him that when on the fissures of the rocks he could find no place for his feet, he must support himself on his elbows, and cling with his legs, and even lean firmly with his back, for this could be done when necessary.
Who acts: Rudy · What happens: tell, find, support, lean, do · To what, where: cling, uncle, place, fissures, Rudy, elbows · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 find | mark |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 find | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 fissures | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fissures | det |
| 8 | fissures | fissure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 find | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 rocks | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rocks | det |
| 11 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fissures | nmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 find | nsubj |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 find | aux |
| 14 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 support | advcl |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 place | det |
| 16 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 find | obj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 feet | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 feet | nmod:poss |
| 19 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 place | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 find | punct |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 support | nsubj |
| 22 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 support | aux |
| 23 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | ccomp |
| 24 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 support | obj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 elbows | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 elbows | nmod:poss |
| 27 | elbows | elbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 support | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 cling | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 cling | cc |
| 30 | cling | cling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obl |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 legs | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 legs | nmod:poss |
| 33 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 cling | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 lean | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 lean | cc |
| 36 | even | even | ADV | _ | 37 lean | advmod |
| 37 | lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | parataxis |
| 38 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 37 lean | advmod |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 back | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 back | nmod:poss |
| 41 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 lean | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 done | punct |
| 43 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 47 done | mark |
| 44 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 done | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 done | aux |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 47 done | aux:pass |
| 47 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 lean | conj |
| 48 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 49 necessary | mark |
| 49 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 done | xcomp |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Rudy | cling with Rudy's legs | uncle | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | find | could | Rudy | no place | the fissures of the rocks | for Rudy's feet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for foot=Beneficiary | ||
| 3 | support | must | Rudy | Rudy | Rudy's elbows | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | lean | infinitive | with Rudy's back; firmly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | do | could · passive | this | necessary property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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