Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina, sentence 81
A short time before, the mole had dug a long passage under the earth, which led from the dwelling of the field-mouse to his own, and here she had permission to walk with Tiny whenever she liked.
Who acts: earth, mole, permission · What happens: dig, lead, have, walk, like · To what, where: mole, dwelling, permission
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 (earth, mole, permission), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 2 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dug | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | before | before | ADV | _ | 3 time | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mole | det |
| 7 | mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dug | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dug | aux |
| 9 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 passage | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 passage | amod |
| 12 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dug | obj |
| 13 | under | under | ADP | _ | 15 earth | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 earth | det |
| 15 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 passage | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 led | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 led | nsubj |
| 18 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 earth | acl:relcl |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 dwelling | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 dwelling | det |
| 21 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 led | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 mouse | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 mouse | det |
| 24 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 mouse | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 field | punct |
| 26 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 dwelling | nmod |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 own | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 own | nmod:poss |
| 29 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 led | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 had | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 had | cc |
| 32 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 had | advmod |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 had | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dug | conj |
| 35 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 had | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 walk | mark |
| 37 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 had | xcomp |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 Tiny | case |
| 39 | Tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 walk | obl |
| 40 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 37 walk | advmod |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 liked | nsubj |
| 42 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 whenever | advcl:relcl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dug | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | past · perfect · passive | the mole | time | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary passage=Result | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | the earth | the dwelling of the field mouse | to neighbor's own | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to own=Patient | |||
| 3 | have | past | mole | permission | here | tree rules | |||
| 4 | walk | to-infinitive | permission not said here | with Tiny; whenever property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | like | past | mole | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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