Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Jewish Maiden, sentence 66
Sarah's master died, and his widow found herself in such reduced circumstances that she wished to dismiss her servant maid; but Sarah refused to leave the house, and she became a true support in time of trouble, and kept the household together by working till late at night, with her busy hands, to earn their daily bread.
Who acts: master, widow, Sarah · What happens: die, find, reduce, wish, dismiss, refuse · To what, where: widow, such reduced circumstances, servant maid, house, true support, household
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Jewish Maiden. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, widow, Sarah), 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 | Sarah | Sarah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 master | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sarah | case |
| 3 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | nsubj |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 found | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 found | cc |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 widow | nmod:poss |
| 8 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 died | conj |
| 10 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 found | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 circumstances | case |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 circumstances | amod |
| 13 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 circumstances | amod |
| 14 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 found | obl |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 wished | mark |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wished | nsubj |
| 17 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 circumstances | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 dismiss | mark |
| 19 | dismiss | dismiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 wished | xcomp |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 maid | nmod:poss |
| 21 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 maid | compound |
| 22 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dismiss | obj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 refused | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 refused | cc |
| 25 | Sarah | Sarah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 refused | nsubj |
| 26 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 died | conj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 leave | mark |
| 28 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 refused | xcomp |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 house | det |
| 30 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 leave | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 became | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 became | cc |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 became | nsubj |
| 34 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 died | conj |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 support | det |
| 36 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 support | amod |
| 37 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 became | xcomp |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 time | case |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 support | nmod |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 trouble | case |
| 41 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 time | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 kept | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 kept | cc |
| 44 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 became | conj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 household | det |
| 46 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 kept | obj |
| 47 | together | together | ADV | _ | 44 kept | advmod |
| 48 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 49 working | mark |
| 49 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 kept | advcl |
| 50 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 51 late | mark |
| 51 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 working | advmod |
| 52 | at | at | ADP | _ | 53 night | case |
| 53 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 late | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 hands | punct |
| 55 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 hands | case |
| 56 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 hands | nmod:poss |
| 57 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 hands | amod |
| 58 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 working | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 earn | punct |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 earn | mark |
| 61 | earn | earn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 working | conj |
| 62 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 bread | nmod:poss |
| 63 | daily | daily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 bread | amod |
| 64 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 earn | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | Sarah's master | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | find | past | God's widow | widow | such reduced circumstances | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | |||
| 3 | reduce | participle | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | ||||||
| 4 | wish | past | widow | such reduced circumstances not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | dismiss not said to happen | to-infinitive | widow not said here | widow's servant maid | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Theme | ||||
| 6 | refuse | past | Sarah | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | not leave | to-infinitive | Sarah not said here | the house | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ||||
| 8 | become | past | Sarah | a true support in time of trouble | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | keep | past | Sarah not said here | the household | together property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme | |||
| 10 | work | gerund | Sarah not said here | with widow's busy hands; late property | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hand=Co-Agent | ||||
| 11 | earn | to-infinitive | Sarah not said here | hands's daily bread | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=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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