Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Jewish Maiden, sentence 88
And when the psalms of the Christians sound across the churchyard, their echo reaches her lonely resting-place; and she who sleeps there will be counted worthy at the resurrection, through the name of Christ the Lord, who said to His disciples, "John baptized you with water, but I will baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
Who acts: psalms, echo, name, John · What happens: sound, reach, sleep, count, say, baptize · To what, where: churchyard, lonely resting place, resurrection, disciples, Christ · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (psalms, echo, name, John), 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 | _ | 15 reaches | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 sound | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 psalms | det |
| 4 | psalms | psalm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sound | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Christians | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Christians | det |
| 7 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 psalms | nmod |
| 8 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 reaches | advcl |
| 9 | across | across | ADP | _ | 11 churchyard | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 churchyard | det |
| 11 | churchyard | churchyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sound | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sound | punct |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 echo | nmod:poss |
| 14 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reaches | nsubj |
| 15 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 place | nmod:poss |
| 17 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 place | amod |
| 18 | resting | resting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 place | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 resting | punct |
| 20 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reaches | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 sleeps | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 sleeps | cc |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 sleeps | nsubj |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 sleeps | nsubj |
| 25 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 reaches | conj |
| 26 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 29 counted | expl |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 counted | aux |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 counted | aux:pass |
| 29 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 sleeps | ccomp |
| 30 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 counted | xcomp |
| 31 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 resurrection | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 resurrection | det |
| 33 | resurrection | resurrection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 counted | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 name | punct |
| 35 | through | through | ADP | _ | 37 name | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 name | det |
| 37 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 counted | parataxis |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Christ | case |
| 39 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 name | nmod |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Lord | det |
| 41 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Christ | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 said | punct |
| 43 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 said | nsubj |
| 44 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 name | parataxis |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 disciples | case |
| 46 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 disciples | nmod:poss |
| 47 | disciples | disciple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 said | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 baptized | punct |
| 49 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 baptized | punct |
| 50 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 baptized | nsubj |
| 51 | baptized | baptize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 said | conj |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 baptized | obj |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 water | case |
| 54 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 baptized | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 baptize | punct |
| 56 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 59 baptize | cc |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 baptize | nsubj |
| 58 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 baptize | aux |
| 59 | baptize | baptize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 sleeps | conj |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 59 baptize | obj |
| 61 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 Ghost | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 Ghost | det |
| 63 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 64 Ghost | compound |
| 64 | Ghost | Ghost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 baptize | obl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 reaches | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 reaches | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | the psalms of the Christians | the churchyard | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | reach | present | psalms's echo | Christian's lonely resting place | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sleep | present | echo | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | count | future · passive | echo not said here | the resurrection; there | worthy property | vn matter-91 «NP V» | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the name of Christ and the Lord | sun's disciples | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to disciple=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | baptize in a quote | past | John | sun's disciples = disciple | with water | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Result | |||
| 7 | baptize in a quote | future | the name of Christ and the Lord = name | sun's disciples = disciple | with the Holy Ghost | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Result | |||
| 8 | name | Christ and the Lord | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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