Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 62
These were wonderful and happy moments for the old tree, full of peace and joy; and yet, amidst all this happiness, the tree felt a yearning, longing desire that all the other trees, bushes, herbs, and flowers beneath him, might be able also to rise higher, as he had done, and to see all this splendor, and experience the same happiness.
Who acts: These, tree, that, flowers, child · What happens: be, feel, long, tree, rise, do · To what, where: yearning, desire, splendor, same happiness
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, tree, that, flowers), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 wonderful | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wonderful | cop |
| 3 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 moments | cc |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 moments | amod |
| 6 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wonderful | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 tree | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tree | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tree | amod |
| 10 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moments | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 full | punct |
| 12 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tree | amod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 peace | case |
| 14 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 full | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 joy | cc |
| 16 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 peace | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 felt | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 felt | cc |
| 19 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 28 felt | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 yet | punct |
| 21 | amidst | amidst | ADP | _ | 24 happiness | case |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 happiness | det:predet |
| 23 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 happiness | det |
| 24 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 felt | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 happiness | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 tree | det |
| 27 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 felt | nsubj |
| 28 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wonderful | conj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 yearning | det |
| 30 | yearning | yearning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 felt | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 longing | punct |
| 32 | longing | long | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 felt | advcl |
| 33 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 longing | obj |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 trees | nsubj |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 trees | det:predet |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 trees | det |
| 37 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 trees | amod |
| 38 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 desire | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 bushes | punct |
| 40 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 trees | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 herbs | punct |
| 42 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 trees | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 able | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 able | cc |
| 45 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 able | nsubj |
| 46 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 47 him | case |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 flowers | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 flowers | punct |
| 49 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 able | aux |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 able | cop |
| 51 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wonderful | conj |
| 52 | also | also | ADV | _ | 54 rise | advmod |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 rise | mark |
| 54 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 able | xcomp |
| 55 | higher | high | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 54 rise | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 done | punct |
| 57 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 60 done | mark |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 done | nsubj |
| 59 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 done | aux |
| 60 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 54 rise | advcl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 see | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 see | cc |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 see | mark |
| 64 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 rise | conj |
| 65 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 67 splendor | det:predet |
| 66 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 67 splendor | det |
| 67 | splendor | splendor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 see | obj |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 experience | punct |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 experience | cc |
| 70 | experience | experience | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 rise | conj |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 happiness | det |
| 72 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 happiness | amod |
| 73 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 experience | obj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wonderful | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | These | wonderful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | the tree | a yearning | yet | amidst all happiness | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yearning=Theme | ||
| 3 | long | gerund | the tree not said here | desire and all other trees and bushes and herbs | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tree | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | is | might | flowers beneath child | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | rise | to-infinitive | flowers beneath child not said here | high property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | do | past · perfect | child | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | see | to-infinitive | flowers beneath child not said here | all splendor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splendor=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | experience | infinitive | flowers beneath child not said here | the same happiness | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer happiness=Stimulus |
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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