Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels, sentence 4
He had carried his master through fire and smoke in the battle-field, with the bullets whistling round him; he had kicked and bitten, and taken part in the fight, when the enemy advanced; and, with his master on his back, he had dashed over the fallen foe, and saved the golden crown and the Emperor's life, which was of more value than the brightest gold.
Who acts: Emperor, bullets, golden crown · What happens: carry, whistle, kick, bite, take, dash · To what, where: master, fire, part, fight, fallen foe, golden crown
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 (Emperor, bullets, golden crown), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 master | nmod:poss |
| 5 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 smoke | cc |
| 9 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fire | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 field | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 field | det |
| 12 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 field | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 battle | punct |
| 14 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bullets | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 bullets | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 bullets | det |
| 18 | bullets | bullet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | conj |
| 19 | whistling | whistle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 bullets | acl |
| 20 | round | round | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 whistling | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 kicked | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 kicked | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 kicked | aux |
| 25 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 carried | conj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 bitten | cc |
| 27 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 kicked | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 taken | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 taken | cc |
| 30 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 carried | conj |
| 31 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 taken | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 fight | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 fight | det |
| 34 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 taken | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 advanced | punct |
| 36 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 39 advanced | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 advanced | det |
| 38 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 advanced | compound |
| 39 | advanced | advanced | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fight | conj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 master | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 master | cc |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 master | punct |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 master | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 master | nmod:poss |
| 45 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | conj |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 back | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 back | nmod:poss |
| 48 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 master | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 dashed | punct |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 dashed | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 dashed | aux |
| 52 | dashed | dash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 master | parataxis |
| 53 | over | over | ADP | _ | 56 foe | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 foe | det |
| 55 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 foe | amod |
| 56 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 dashed | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 saved | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 saved | cc |
| 59 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 dashed | conj |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 crown | det |
| 61 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 crown | amod |
| 62 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 saved | obj |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 life | cc |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Emperor | det |
| 65 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 life | nmod:poss |
| 66 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 65 Emperor | case |
| 67 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 crown | conj |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 value | punct |
| 69 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 73 value | nsubj |
| 70 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 value | cop |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 value | case |
| 72 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 73 value | amod |
| 73 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 crown | appos |
| 74 | than | than | ADP | _ | 77 gold | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 gold | det |
| 76 | brightest | bright | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 77 gold | amod |
| 77 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 value | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past · perfect | Emperor | Emperor's master | fire and smoke | in the battle field | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent master=Value in field=Location | ||
| 2 | whistle | gerund | the bullets not said here | round Emperor | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | kick | past · perfect | Emperor | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | bite | participle | Emperor not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | take | participle | Emperor not said here | part | the fight and the enemy advanced | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in fight=Location | |||
| 6 | dash | past · perfect | Emperor | the fallen foe | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over foe=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | fall | participle | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | save | past | Emperor not said here | the golden crown and the Emperor's life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | ||||
| 9 | is | past | the golden crown and the Emperor's life | of more value; than the brightest gold | tree rules |
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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