Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind, sentence 86
Mamma-in-law had set up Thorwalsden's bust at the end of the table, attired in a dressing-gown; it was her fancy that he should be a guest.
Who acts: bust, wedding, Thorwalsden · What happens: set up, attire, be, bust · To what, where: Mamma, end, table, fancy, guest
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bust, wedding, Thorwalsden), 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 | Mamma | Mamma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 set | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 law | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 in | punct |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mamma | appos |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 set | aux |
| 7 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 set | compound:prt |
| 9 | Thorwalsden | Thorwalsden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 bust | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Thorwalsden | case |
| 11 | bust | bust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 set | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 set | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 table | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 table | det |
| 17 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 end | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 attired | punct |
| 19 | attired | attire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 table | acl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 gown | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 gown | det |
| 22 | dressing | dressing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 gown | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 dressing | punct |
| 24 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 attired | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 fancy | punct |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 fancy | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 fancy | cop |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 fancy | nmod:poss |
| 29 | fancy | fancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 set | parataxis |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 guest | mark |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 guest | nsubj |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 guest | aux |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 guest | cop |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 guest | det |
| 35 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 fancy | advcl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set up | past · perfect · passive | Mamma | at the end of the table | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme bust=Destination | ||||
| 2 | attire | participle | the table not said here | in a dressing gown | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in gown=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | bust | Thorwalsden's fancy | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a | should | wedding | a guest | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bust | Thorwalsden | nom bust «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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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