Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 185

I was frightened, to be sure, while I lay tied up in the sack, and the wind whistled in my ears when you threw me into the river from the bridge, and I sank to the bottom immediately; but I did not hurt myself, for I fell upon beautifully soft grass which grows down there; and in a moment, the sack opened, and the sweetest little maiden came towards me.

Who acts: I, wind, you, soft grass, sack, sweetest little maiden · What happens: frighten, be, lay, tie up, whistle, throw · To what, where: I, sack, me, river, myself, soft grass

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, wind, you, soft grass), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sure	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	7 sure	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sure	cop
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frightened	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lay	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 lay	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 lay	nsubj
11	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sure	conj
12	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 lay	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 tied	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sack	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sack	det
16	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tied	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 whistled	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 whistled	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wind	det
20	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 whistled	nsubj
21	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lay	advcl
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 ears	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 ears	nmod:poss
24	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 whistled	obl
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 threw	advmod
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 threw	nsubj
27	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 whistled	advcl
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 threw	obj
29	into	into	ADP	_	31 river	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 river	det
31	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 threw	obl
32	from	from	ADP	_	34 bridge	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bridge	det
34	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 threw	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 sank	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 sank	cc
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 sank	nsubj
38	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lay	advcl
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 bottom	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 bottom	det
41	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 sank	obl
42	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	38 sank	advmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 hurt	punct
44	but	but	CCONJ	_	48 hurt	cc
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 hurt	nsubj
46	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 hurt	aux
47	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 hurt	advmod
48	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 frightened	advcl
49	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	48 hurt	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 fell	punct
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	53 fell	mark
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 fell	nsubj
53	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	conj
54	upon	upon	ADP	_	57 grass	case
55	beautifully	beautifully	ADV	_	56 soft	advmod
56	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 grass	amod
57	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 fell	obl
58	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 grows	nsubj
59	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 grass	acl:relcl
60	down	down	ADV	_	61 there	advmod
61	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 grows	advmod
62	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 opened	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 opened	cc
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 moment	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 moment	det
66	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 opened	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 moment	punct
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 sack	det
69	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 opened	nsubj
70	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	parataxis
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 came	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 came	cc
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 maiden	det
74	sweetest	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Sup	76 maiden	amod
75	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 maiden	amod
76	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 came	nsubj
77	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 opened	conj
78	towards	towards	ADP	_	79 me	case
79	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	77 came	obl
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 frightened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive		I				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is	to-infinitive					sure property	tree rules
3	lay	present	I					tree rules
4	tie up	participle	I not said here		the sack			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	whistle	past	the wind				in my ears	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme
6	throw	past	you	me	the river		from the bridge	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into river=Destination from bridge=Initial_Location
7	sink	past	I				to the bottom; immediately property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	not hurt	past · do-support	I	myself				vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Patient
9	fall	past	I		soft grass			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon grass=Location
10	grow	present	soft grass		there			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	open	past	the sack			moment		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	come	past	the sweetest little maiden				towards me	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards i=Initial_Location

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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