Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina, sentence 116
But Tiny knew it would make the field-mouse very grieved if she left her in that manner, so she said, "No, I cannot."
Who acts: Tiny, sun, mole · What happens: know, make, grieve, leave, say · To what, where: field mouse, mole, manner · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiny, sun, mole), 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 | _ | 3 knew | cc |
| 2 | Tiny | Tiny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mouse | det |
| 8 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mouse | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 field | punct |
| 10 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 grieved | advmod |
| 12 | grieved | grieve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | advcl |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 left | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 left | nsubj |
| 15 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grieved | advcl |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 left | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 manner | case |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 manner | det |
| 19 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 left | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 said | advmod |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 said | nsubj |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 can | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 can | punct |
| 26 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 29 can | discourse |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 No | punct |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 can | nsubj |
| 29 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 said | ccomp |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 can | advmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Tiny | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | make | would | sun | the field mouse | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mouse=Product | ||||
| 3 | grieve | past | sun not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | leave a condition, not said to happen | past | Tiny | mole | that manner | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in manner=Location | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | mole | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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