Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XV. the Conclusion, sentence 53
No one on the opposite shore knew that the betrothed pair had gone over to the little island.
Who acts: one, betrothed pair · What happens: know, betroth, go over · Speech: someone speaks here
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: who acts (one, betrothed pair), 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 shore | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shore | det |
| 5 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shore | amod |
| 6 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 one | nmod |
| 7 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 gone | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pair | det |
| 10 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 pair | amod |
| 11 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gone | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gone | aux |
| 13 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 knew | ccomp |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 13 gone | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 island | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 island | det |
| 17 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 island | amod |
| 18 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gone | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | no one on the opposite shore | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | betroth | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | go over | past · perfect | the betrothed pair | to the little island; over property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
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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