Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 27
So Little Claus climbed to the roof of the shed, and while he turned himself to get comfortable, he discovered that the wooden shutters, which were closed, did not reach to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse, so that he could see into a room, in which a large table was laid out with wine, roast meat, and a splendid fish.
Who acts: Little Claus, Claus · What happens: climb, turn, get, discover, close, not reach · To what, where: splendid fish, roof, Claus, wooden shutters, room, large table
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 (Little Claus, Claus), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 climbed | advmod |
| 2 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Claus | amod |
| 3 | Claus | Claus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 climbed | nsubj |
| 4 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 climbed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 shed | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 shed | det |
| 10 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 roof | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 turned | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 turned | cc |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 turned | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 turned | nsubj |
| 15 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 climbed | conj |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 turned | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 get | mark |
| 18 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 turned | advcl |
| 19 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 get | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 discovered | punct |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 discovered | nsubj |
| 22 | discovered | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 climbed | conj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 shutters | mark |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 shutters | det |
| 25 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 shutters | amod |
| 26 | shutters | shutter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 discovered | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 closed | punct |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 closed | aux:pass |
| 30 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 shutters | acl:relcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 reach | punct |
| 32 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 reach | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 reach | advmod |
| 34 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 22 discovered | parataxis |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 tops | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tops | det |
| 37 | tops | top | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 reach | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 windows | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 windows | det |
| 40 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 tops | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 farmhouse | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 farmhouse | det |
| 43 | farmhouse | farmhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 windows | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 see | punct |
| 45 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 49 see | mark |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 so | fixed |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 see | nsubj |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 see | aux |
| 49 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 reach | conj |
| 50 | into | into | ADP | _ | 52 room | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 room | det |
| 52 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 see | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 laid | punct |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 which | case |
| 55 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 laid | obl |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 table | det |
| 57 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 table | amod |
| 58 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 laid | aux:pass |
| 60 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 see | conj |
| 61 | out | out | ADP | _ | 60 laid | compound:prt |
| 62 | with | with | ADP | _ | 63 wine | case |
| 63 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 laid | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 meat | punct |
| 65 | roast | roast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 meat | compound |
| 66 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 wine | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 fish | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 fish | cc |
| 69 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 71 fish | det |
| 70 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 fish | amod |
| 71 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 climbed | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 climbed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | past | Little Claus | a splendid fish | the roof of the shed | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to roof=Destination | |||
| 2 | turn | past | Claus | Claus | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | Claus not said here | comfortable property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | discover | past | Claus | the wooden shutters | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shutter=Topic | ||||
| 5 | close | past · passive | the wooden shutters | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 6 | not reach | past · do-support | to the tops of the windows of the farmhouse | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | see | could | Claus | a room | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | lay out | past · passive | a large table | with wine and roast meat | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
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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