Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4, sentence 43
But the daughters of the air, although they do not possess an immortal soul, can, by their good deeds, procure one for themselves.
Who acts: daughters · What happens: not possess, procure · To what, where: immortal soul, one
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughters), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 possess | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 daughters | det |
| 3 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 possess | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 daughters | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 possess | punct |
| 8 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 12 possess | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 possess | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 possess | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 possess | advmod |
| 12 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 soul | det |
| 14 | immortal | immortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 soul | amod |
| 15 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 possess | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 can | punct |
| 17 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 soul | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 deeds | punct |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 deeds | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 21 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 deeds | amod |
| 22 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 possess | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 procure | punct |
| 24 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 possess | conj |
| 25 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 procure | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 themselves | case |
| 27 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 25 one | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 possess | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not possess | present · do-support | the daughters of the air | a immortal soul | by daughters's good deeds | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot soul=Theme | |||
| 2 | procure | infinitive | the daughters of the air not said here | one | for daughters = daughter | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent one=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary |
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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