Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest, sentence 48
Then Rudy, remembering his early lesson in climbing, "Hold fast, and do not fear," descended carefully down the ladders, and at last stood safely on the ground with the young living eaglet, where he was received with loud shouts of joy and congratulations.
Who acts: Rudy, you · What happens: remember, hold, not fear, descend, stand, receive · To what, where: early lesson, climbing, ladders, last, Rudy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, you), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 remembering | advmod |
| 2 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 remembering | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 remembering | punct |
| 4 | remembering | remember | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 Hold | advcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lesson | nmod:poss |
| 6 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lesson | amod |
| 7 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remembering | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 climbing | case |
| 9 | climbing | climbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remembering | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Hold | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Hold | punct |
| 12 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 Hold | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fear | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 fear | cc |
| 16 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 18 fear | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 fear | advmod |
| 18 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 Hold | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 descended | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 descended | punct |
| 21 | descended | descend | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 fear | ccomp |
| 22 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 21 descended | advmod |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 25 ladders | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 ladders | det |
| 25 | ladders | ladder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 descended | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 stood | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 stood | cc |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 last | case |
| 29 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stood | obl |
| 30 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 shouts | advcl |
| 31 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 30 stood | advmod |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 ground | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 ground | det |
| 34 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stood | obl |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 eaglet | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 eaglet | det |
| 37 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 eaglet | amod |
| 38 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 eaglet | amod |
| 39 | eaglet | eaglet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stood | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 received | punct |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 received | advmod |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 received | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 received | aux:pass |
| 44 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 eaglet | acl:relcl |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 loud | case |
| 46 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 received | obl |
| 47 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Hold | parataxis |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 joy | case |
| 49 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 shouts | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 congratulations | cc |
| 51 | congratulations | congratulation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 joy | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 Hold | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | gerund | Rudy | Rudy's early lesson | climbing | then | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme | ||
| 2 | hold in a quote | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not fear in a quote | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | descend | past | the ladders | carefully property | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down ladder=Location | ||||
| 5 | stand | past | last | on the ground; with the young living eaglet; safely property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at last=Location | ||||
| 6 | receive | past · passive | Rudy | with loud | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | shout speech: express | present | of joy and congratulations | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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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