Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 197

By the road she meant the river, for she could not travel any other way; but I knew the winding of the river, and how it bends, sometimes to the right and sometimes to the left, and it seemed a long way, so I chose a shorter one; and, by coming up to the land, and then driving across the fields back again to the river, I shall save half a mile, and get all my cattle more quickly."

Who acts: wind, I, river, it · What happens: mean, not travel, know, bend, seem, choose · To what, where: river, other way, winding, right, long way, shorter one · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (wind, I, river, it), 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	By	by	ADP	_	3 road	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 road	det
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meant	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 meant	nsubj
5	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meant	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 travel	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 travel	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 travel	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 travel	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 travel	advmod
13	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	conj
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 way	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 travel	obl:unmarked
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 knew	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 knew	cc
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 knew	nsubj
20	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 winding	det
22	winding	winding	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 knew	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 river	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 river	det
25	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 winding	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 bends	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 bends	cc
28	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	30 bends	advmod
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 bends	nsubj
30	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 knew	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 right	punct
32	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	35 right	advmod
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 right	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 right	det
35	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 bends	obl
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 left	cc
37	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	40 left	advmod
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 left	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 left	det
40	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 right	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 seemed	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 seemed	cc
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 seemed	nsubj
44	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 bends	parataxis
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 way	det
46	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 way	amod
47	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 seemed	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 chose	punct
49	so	so	ADV	_	51 chose	advmod
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 chose	nsubj
51	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 seemed	conj
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 one	det
53	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	54 one	amod
54	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 chose	obj
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 coming	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 coming	cc
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 and	punct
58	by	by	SCONJ	_	59 coming	mark
59	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 meant	advcl
60	up	up	ADP	_	59 coming	compound:prt
61	to	to	ADP	_	63 land	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 land	det
63	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 coming	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 driving	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 driving	cc
66	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	67 driving	advmod
67	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 meant	advcl
68	across	across	ADP	_	70 fields	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 fields	det
70	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 driving	obl
71	back	back	ADV	_	72 again	advmod
72	again	again	ADV	_	67 driving	advmod
73	to	to	ADP	_	75 river	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 river	det
75	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 driving	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 save	punct
77	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 save	nsubj
78	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 save	aux
79	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	ccomp
80	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	82 mile	det:predet
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 mile	det
82	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 save	obj
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 get	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 get	cc
85	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 save	conj
86	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	88 cattle	det:predet
87	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 cattle	nmod:poss
88	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 get	obj
89	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	90 quickly	advmod
90	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	85 get	advmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	79 save	punct
92	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 save	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	wind	the river			by the road	tree rules
2	not travel	could	wind	any other way				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	past	I	the winding of the river				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer winding=Stimulus
4	bend	present	river		the right and the left			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to right=Location
5	seem	past	it	a long way				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute
6	choose	past	I	a shorter one				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
7	come up	gerund	wind not said here		the land			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location
8	drive	gerund	wind not said here		the fields	then; again	to the river	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across field=Trajectory
9	save	shall	I	half mile				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Theme
10	get	infinitive	I not said here	my cattle			quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cattle=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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/197/