Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Jewish Maiden, sentence 9
But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the minds of the other children if she had been sent out of the room, so she remained; and now it was evident this could not go on.
Who acts: Sarah, it, this · What happens: cause, raise, send, remain, be, not go on · To what, where: faith, discontent, minds, Sarah, room, other children
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 (Sarah, it, this), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 caused | cc |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 caused | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 caused | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 caused | aux |
| 5 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caused | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 raised | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 raised | cc |
| 9 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 caused | conj |
| 10 | discontent | discontent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 raised | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 minds | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 minds | det |
| 13 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 raised | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 children | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 children | det |
| 16 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 children | amod |
| 17 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 minds | nmod |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 22 sent | mark |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 sent | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sent | aux |
| 21 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 sent | aux:pass |
| 22 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 raised | advcl |
| 23 | out | out | ADP | _ | 26 room | case |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 room | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 room | det |
| 26 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sent | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 remained | punct |
| 28 | so | so | ADV | _ | 30 remained | advmod |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 remained | nsubj |
| 30 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sent | conj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 evident | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 evident | cc |
| 33 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 evident | advmod |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 evident | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 evident | cop |
| 36 | evident | evident | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 caused | conj |
| 37 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 go | nsubj |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 go | aux |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 go | advmod |
| 40 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 evident | ccomp |
| 41 | on | on | ADV | _ | 40 go | advmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | might · perfect · passive | faith | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme confusion=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | raise | participle | discontent | the minds of the other children | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent discontent=Theme in mind=Destination | ||||
| 3 | send a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect · passive | Sarah | the room | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme out room=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | remain | past | Sarah | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is | past | it | now | evident property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | not go on | could | this | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | mind | the other children | nom mind «cognition 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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