Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 95
"I have been well paid for my horse," said he to himself when he reached home, entered his own room, and emptied all his money into a heap on the floor. "
Who acts: Claus · What happens: pay, say, reach, enter, empty · To what, where: Claus, own room, money, heap · 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 (Claus), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 paid | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 paid | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 paid | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 paid | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 paid | advmod |
| 6 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 said | ccomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 horse | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 horse | nmod:poss |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paid | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 paid | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 paid | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 himself | case |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 said | obl |
| 16 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 reached | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 reached | nsubj |
| 18 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | advcl |
| 19 | home | home | ADV | _ | 18 reached | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 entered | punct |
| 21 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 reached | conj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 room | nmod:poss |
| 23 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 room | amod |
| 24 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 entered | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 emptied | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 emptied | cc |
| 27 | emptied | empty | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | conj |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 money | det:predet |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 money | nmod:poss |
| 30 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 emptied | obj |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 heap | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 heap | det |
| 33 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 emptied | obl |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 floor | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 floor | det |
| 36 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 emptied | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Claus | for my horse; well property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for horse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Claus | Claus | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | reach | past | Claus | home property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | enter | past | Claus not said here | Claus's own room | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | ||||
| 5 | empty | past | Claus not said here | Claus's money | a heap | on the floor | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme into heap=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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