Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3, sentence 76
Although the prince gave out that he merely intended to pay a visit to the king, it was generally supposed that he really went to see his daughter.
Who acts: prince · What happens: give out, intend, pay, suppose, go, see · To what, where: visit, daughter
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince), 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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 4 gave | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 supposed | advcl |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 gave | compound:prt |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 intended | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 intended | nsubj |
| 8 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 9 intended | advmod |
| 9 | intended | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pay | mark |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 intended | xcomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 visit | det |
| 13 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pay | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 king | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 king | det |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pay | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 supposed | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 supposed | aux:pass |
| 20 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 21 supposed | advmod |
| 21 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 went | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 went | nsubj |
| 24 | really | really | ADV | _ | 25 went | advmod |
| 25 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 supposed | advcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 see | mark |
| 27 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 went | xcomp |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 29 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 see | obj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 supposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give out | past | the prince | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | intend | past | prince | merely property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | prince not said here | a visit | to the king | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | |||
| 4 | suppose | past · passive | visit | generally property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | go | past | prince | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | see | to-infinitive | prince not said here | prince's daughter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=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.
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