Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother, sentence 34
"'But first we went to school to learn something,' she said, 'and then we were confirmed; we both wept on that day, but in the afternoon we went out hand in hand, and ascended the high round tower and looked out into the wide world right over Copenhagen and the sea; then we walked to Fredericksburg, where the king and the queen were sailing about in their magnificent boat on the canals.'
Who acts: we, woman, king · What happens: go, learn, say, confirm, weep, go out · To what, where: school, something, we, hand, high round tower, wide world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, woman, king), 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 went | punct |
| 2 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 3 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 went | advmod |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 learn | mark |
| 10 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 went | advcl |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 learn | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 confirmed | cc |
| 19 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 confirmed | advmod |
| 20 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 confirmed | nsubj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 22 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 said | conj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 wept | punct |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 wept | nsubj |
| 25 | both | both | ADV | _ | 26 wept | advmod |
| 26 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 day | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 day | det |
| 29 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wept | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 went | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 went | cc |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 afternoon | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 afternoon | det |
| 34 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 went | obl |
| 35 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 went | nsubj |
| 36 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 wept | conj |
| 37 | out | out | ADP | _ | 36 went | compound:prt |
| 38 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 went | obl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 hand | case |
| 40 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 went | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 ascended | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 ascended | cc |
| 43 | ascended | ascend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 wept | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 tower | det |
| 45 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 tower | amod |
| 46 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 tower | amod |
| 47 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 ascended | obj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 looked | cc |
| 49 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 ascended | conj |
| 50 | out | out | ADP | _ | 49 looked | compound:prt |
| 51 | into | into | ADP | _ | 54 world | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 world | det |
| 53 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 world | amod |
| 54 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 looked | obl |
| 55 | right | right | ADV | _ | 57 Copenhagen | advmod |
| 56 | over | over | ADP | _ | 57 Copenhagen | case |
| 57 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 looked | obl |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 sea | cc |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 sea | det |
| 60 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Copenhagen | conj |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 walked | punct |
| 62 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 64 walked | advmod |
| 63 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 64 walked | nsubj |
| 64 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 65 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 Fredericksburg | case |
| 66 | Fredericksburg | Fredericksburg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 walked | obl |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 sailing | punct |
| 68 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 75 sailing | advmod |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 king | det |
| 70 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 sailing | nsubj |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 queen | cc |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 queen | det |
| 73 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 king | conj |
| 74 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 75 sailing | aux |
| 75 | sailing | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 64 walked | advcl |
| 76 | about | about | ADV | _ | 75 sailing | advmod |
| 77 | in | in | ADP | _ | 80 boat | case |
| 78 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 80 boat | nmod:poss |
| 79 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 boat | amod |
| 80 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 sailing | obl |
| 81 | on | on | ADP | _ | 83 canals | case |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 canals | det |
| 83 | canals | canal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 75 sailing | obl |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 85 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | we | school | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | learn in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | something | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | confirm in a quote | past · passive | we | then | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 5 | weep in a quote | past | we | day | both property | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | go out in a quote | past | we | hand | hand | afternoon | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 7 | ascend in a quote | past | we not said here | the high round tower | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tower=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | look out in a quote | past | we not said here | the wide world | over Copenhagen and the sea | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 9 | walk in a quote | past | we | Fredericksburg | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to fredericksburg=Result | |||
| 10 | sail in a quote | past · progressive | the king and the queen | king's magnificent boat | on the canals; about property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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