Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina, sentence 145
"Farewell bright sun," she cried, stretching out her arm towards it; and then she walked a short distance from the house; for the corn had been cut, and only the dry stubble remained in the fields. "
Who acts: child · What happens: cry, stretch out, walk, cut, remain · To what, where: bright sun, arm, short distance, house, dry stubble, fields
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 (child), 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 | _ | 4 sun | punct |
| 2 | Farewell | farewell | INTJ | _ | 4 sun | discourse |
| 3 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sun | amod |
| 4 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cried | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sun | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cried | nsubj |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stretching | punct |
| 10 | stretching | stretch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 cried | advcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 stretching | compound:prt |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 arm | nmod:poss |
| 13 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stretching | obj |
| 14 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stretching | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 walked | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 walked | cc |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 walked | advmod |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 walked | nsubj |
| 20 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | conj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 distance | det |
| 22 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 distance | amod |
| 23 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 walked | obj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 house | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 house | det |
| 26 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 distance | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 cut | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 corn | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 corn | det |
| 30 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cut | obl |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 cut | aux |
| 32 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 cut | aux:pass |
| 33 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stubble | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 stubble | cc |
| 36 | only | only | ADV | _ | 39 stubble | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 stubble | det |
| 38 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 stubble | amod |
| 39 | stubble | stubble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cut | obl |
| 40 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 stubble | acl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 fields | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 fields | det |
| 43 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 remained | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 33 cut | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | child | bright sun | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stretch out | gerund | child not said here | child's arm | towards sun | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient towards it=Recipient | |||
| 3 | walk | past | child | a short distance | the house | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent distance=Theme from house=Trajectory | ||
| 4 | cut | past · perfect · passive | the dry stubble | for the corn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for corn=Asset | ||||
| 5 | remain | participle | the dry stubble not said here | the fields | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location |
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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