Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XV. the Conclusion, sentence 23
And then came the sound of the evening bells, borne upon the breeze over the mountains of Switzerland and Savoy, while still, in the golden splendor of the west, stood the dark blue mountains of Jura.
What happens: come, bear, stand · To what, where: sound, golden splendor, evening bells, mountains, dark blue mountains
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XV. the Conclusion. 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 came | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 came | advmod |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sound | det |
| 5 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bells | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bells | det |
| 8 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bells | compound |
| 9 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sound | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 borne | punct |
| 11 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 bells | acl |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 breeze | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 breeze | det |
| 14 | breeze | breeze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 borne | obl |
| 15 | over | over | ADP | _ | 17 mountains | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 mountains | det |
| 17 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 borne | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Switzerland | case |
| 19 | Switzerland | Switzerland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 mountains | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Savoy | cc |
| 21 | Savoy | Savoy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Switzerland | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 still | punct |
| 23 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 24 still | mark |
| 24 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 splendor | punct |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 splendor | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 splendor | det |
| 28 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 splendor | amod |
| 29 | splendor | splendor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 west | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 west | det |
| 32 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 splendor | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 stood | punct |
| 34 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 mountains | det |
| 36 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 mountains | amod |
| 37 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 mountains | amod |
| 38 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 stood | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Jura | case |
| 40 | Jura | Jura | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 mountains | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the sound of the evening bells | the golden splendor of the west | then; still | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=Theme | |||
| 2 | bear | participle | the evening bells not said here | the mountains of Switzerland and Savoy | upon the breeze | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | stand | past | the dark blue mountains of Jura | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus |
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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