Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 19
And the little creature danced and floated in the air, rejoicing in her delicate wings of gauze and velvet, rejoicing in the balmy breezes, laden with the fragrance of clover-fields and wild roses, elder-blossoms and honeysuckle, from the garden hedges, wild thyme, primroses, and mint, and the scent of all these was so strong that the perfume almost intoxicated the little fly.
Who acts: these, perfume · What happens: dance, float, rejoice, lade, be, intoxicate · To what, where: little creature, air, delicate wings, balmy breezes, scent, little fly
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (these, perfume), 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 | _ | 5 danced | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 creature | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 creature | amod |
| 4 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 danced | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | danced | dance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 floated | cc |
| 7 | floated | float | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 danced | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 air | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 air | det |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floated | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 rejoicing | punct |
| 12 | rejoicing | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 danced | advcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 wings | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 wings | nmod:poss |
| 15 | delicate | delicate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wings | amod |
| 16 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 rejoicing | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 gauze | case |
| 18 | gauze | gauze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wings | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 velvet | cc |
| 20 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gauze | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 rejoicing | punct |
| 22 | rejoicing | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 rejoicing | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 breezes | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 breezes | det |
| 25 | balmy | balmy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 breezes | amod |
| 26 | breezes | breeze | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 rejoicing | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 laden | punct |
| 28 | laden | lade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 breezes | acl |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 fragrance | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 fragrance | det |
| 31 | fragrance | fragrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 laden | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 fields | case |
| 33 | clover | clover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 fields | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 clover | punct |
| 35 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 fragrance | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 roses | cc |
| 37 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 roses | amod |
| 38 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 fields | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 blossoms | punct |
| 40 | elder | elder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 blossoms | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 elder | punct |
| 42 | blossoms | blossom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 fields | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 honeysuckle | cc |
| 44 | honeysuckle | honeysuckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 fragrance | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 hedges | punct |
| 46 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 hedges | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 hedges | det |
| 48 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 hedges | compound |
| 49 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 rejoicing | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 thyme | punct |
| 51 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 thyme | amod |
| 52 | thyme | thyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 hedges | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 primroses | punct |
| 54 | primroses | primrose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 hedges | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 mint | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 mint | cc |
| 57 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 danced | parataxis |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 scent | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 scent | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 scent | det |
| 61 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 danced | conj |
| 62 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 67 strong | mark |
| 63 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 67 strong | det:predet |
| 64 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 67 strong | nsubj |
| 65 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 strong | cop |
| 66 | so | so | ADV | _ | 67 strong | advmod |
| 67 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 scent | acl:relcl |
| 68 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 72 intoxicated | mark |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 perfume | det |
| 70 | perfume | perfume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 intoxicated | nsubj |
| 71 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 72 intoxicated | advmod |
| 72 | intoxicated | intoxicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 strong | advcl |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 fly | det |
| 74 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 fly | amod |
| 75 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 intoxicated | obj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 danced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | participle · passive | the little creature | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | float | participle | the air | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory | |||||
| 3 | rejoice | gerund | her delicate wings of gauze and velvet | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | rejoice | gerund | the balmy breezes | from the garden hedges and wild thyme and primroses | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | lade | participle | the balmy breezes not said here | with the fragrance of clover fields and wild roses and elder blossoms and honeysuckle | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | past | these | the scent not said here | strong property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | intoxicate | past | the perfume | the little fly | almost property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fly=Experiencer |
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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