Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XII. Evil Powers, sentence 37
And his eyes sparkled with new life; a glow diffused itself over his frame; it seemed as if every sorrow, every oppression were banished from his mind, and a fresh, free nature were stirring within him. "
Who acts: eyes, glow, it, fresh free nature, Maiden · What happens: sparkle, diffuse, seem, banish, stir, mind · To what, where: glow, frame, sorrow, mind
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XII. Evil Powers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, glow, it, fresh free nature), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sparkled | cc |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sparkled | nsubj |
| 4 | sparkled | sparkle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sparkled | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 diffused | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 glow | det |
| 10 | glow | glow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 diffused | nsubj |
| 11 | diffused | diffuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 sparkled | conj |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 diffused | obj |
| 13 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 frame | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 frame | nmod:poss |
| 15 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 diffused | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 seemed | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 seemed | nsubj |
| 18 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sparkled | parataxis |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 banished | mark |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 27 banished | mark |
| 21 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 sorrow | det |
| 22 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 banished | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 oppression | punct |
| 24 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 oppression | det |
| 25 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sorrow | conj |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 banished | aux:pass |
| 27 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 seemed | xcomp |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 mind | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 mind | nmod:poss |
| 30 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 banished | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stirring | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 stirring | cc |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 nature | det |
| 34 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 nature | amod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 fresh | punct |
| 36 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 nature | amod |
| 37 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 stirring | nsubj |
| 38 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 stirring | aux |
| 39 | stirring | stir | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 seemed | xcomp |
| 40 | within | within | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 stirring | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sparkled | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sparkled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sparkle | participle | Maiden's eyes | with new life | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with life=Theme | ||||
| 2 | diffuse | participle | a glow | glow | Maiden's frame | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | |||
| 3 | seem | past | it | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | banish a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | every sorrow and every oppression | Maiden's mind | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from mind=Source | ||||
| 5 | stir | past · progressive | a fresh free nature | within Maiden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | mind | Maiden | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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