Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina, sentence 21
We will place her on one of the water-lily leaves out in the stream; it will be like an island to her, she is so light and small, and then she cannot escape; and, while she is away, we will make haste and prepare the state-room under the marsh, in which you are to live when you are married."
Who acts: one, stream, toad, we, you · What happens: leave out, be, not escape, make, prepare, marry · To what, where: place, stream, toad, haste, state room, marsh
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 (one, stream, toad, we), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 place | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 place | aux |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 place | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 leaves | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 lily | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lily | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lily | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 water | punct |
| 11 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 one | nmod |
| 12 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 place | acl:relcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 leaves | compound:prt |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 stream | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 stream | det |
| 16 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leaves | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 island | punct |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 island | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 island | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 island | cop |
| 21 | like | like | ADP | _ | 23 island | case |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 island | det |
| 23 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | appos |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 her | case |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 island | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 light | punct |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 light | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 light | cop |
| 29 | so | so | ADV | _ | 30 light | advmod |
| 30 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 island | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 small | cc |
| 32 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 light | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 escape | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 escape | cc |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 escape | advmod |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 escape | nsubj |
| 37 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 escape | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 escape | advmod |
| 39 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 light | parataxis |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 make | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 away | cc |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 and | punct |
| 43 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 46 away | mark |
| 44 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 away | nsubj |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 away | cop |
| 46 | away | away | ADV | _ | 50 make | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 away | punct |
| 48 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 make | nsubj |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 make | aux |
| 50 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 light | parataxis |
| 51 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 make | obj |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 prepare | cc |
| 53 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 make | conj |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 room | det |
| 55 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 room | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 state | punct |
| 57 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 prepare | obj |
| 58 | under | under | ADP | _ | 60 marsh | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 marsh | det |
| 60 | marsh | marsh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 prepare | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 live | punct |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 which | case |
| 63 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 67 live | obl |
| 64 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 67 live | nsubj |
| 65 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 live | cop |
| 66 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 live | mark |
| 67 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 make | conj |
| 68 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 71 married | advmod |
| 69 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 71 married | nsubj:pass |
| 70 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 married | aux:pass |
| 71 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 live | advcl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 island | punct |
| 73 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 island | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave out | present | one of the water lily | place toad not said here | the stream | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | future | stream | toad | like a island | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | present | toad | light property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | toad not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | not escape | can | toad | then | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | present | toad | away property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | make | future | we | haste | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | ||||
| 8 | prepare | infinitive | we not said here | the state room | the marsh | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | |||
| 9 | is | present | you | live property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | marry | present · passive | you | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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