Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels, sentence 149
Away flew the beetle, straight through the open window of a large building; there he sank down, tired and exhausted, exactly on the mane of the emperor's favorite horse, who was standing in his stable; and the beetle found himself at home again.
Who acts: beetle, favorite horse · What happens: fly, sink down, stand, find · To what, where: beetle, open window, mane, stable, home
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beetle, favorite horse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Away | away | ADV | _ | 2 flew | advmod |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 beetle | det |
| 4 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 window | punct |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 window | advmod |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 window | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 window | det |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 window | amod |
| 10 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 building | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 building | det |
| 13 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 building | amod |
| 14 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 window | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 sank | punct |
| 16 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 sank | expl |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 sank | nsubj |
| 18 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 flew | conj |
| 19 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 sank | compound:prt |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 tired | punct |
| 21 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 sank | xcomp |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 exhausted | cc |
| 23 | exhausted | exhausted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 tired | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 mane | punct |
| 25 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 28 mane | advmod |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 mane | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 mane | det |
| 28 | mane | mane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sank | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 horse | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 emperor | det |
| 31 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 horse | nmod:poss |
| 32 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 31 emperor | case |
| 33 | favorite | favorite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 horse | amod |
| 34 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 mane | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 standing | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 standing | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 standing | aux |
| 38 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 horse | acl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 stable | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 stable | nmod:poss |
| 41 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 standing | obl |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 found | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 found | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 beetle | det |
| 45 | beetle | beetle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 found | nsubj |
| 46 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 flew | conj |
| 47 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 46 found | obj |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 49 home | case |
| 49 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 found | obl |
| 50 | again | again | ADV | _ | 46 found | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | the beetle | the open window of a large building | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent beetle=Theme through window=Location | |||
| 2 | sink down | past | beetle | the mane of the emperor's favorite horse; there | tired property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | stand | past · progressive | the emperor's favorite horse | beetle's stable | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | ||||
| 4 | find | past | the beetle | beetle | home | again | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at home=Asset |
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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