Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 3

We are only acquainted with one of the two longest and oldest stories which the storks relate--it is about Moses, who was exposed by his mother on the banks of the Nile, and was found by the king's daughter, who gave him a good education, and he afterwards became a great man; but where he was buried is still unknown.

Who acts: storks, youngest, mother, daughter, king · What happens: acquaint, relate, be, expose, find, give · To what, where: We, two longest oldest stories, Moses, banks, good education, king

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storks, youngest, mother, daughter), 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	4 acquainted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 acquainted	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 acquainted	advmod
4	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 acquainted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	13 stories	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stories	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 stories	nummod
10	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 stories	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stories	cc
12	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 stories	amod
13	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 relate	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 storks	det
16	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 relate	nsubj
17	relate	relate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stories	acl:relcl
18	--	--	PUNCT	_	22 Moses	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 Moses	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 Moses	cop
21	about	about	ADP	_	22 Moses	case
22	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 acquainted	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 exposed	punct
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 exposed	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 exposed	aux:pass
26	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 Moses	acl
27	by	by	ADP	_	29 mother	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 mother	nmod:poss
29	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 exposed	obl
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 banks	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 banks	det
32	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 exposed	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 Nile	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Nile	det
35	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 banks	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 found	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 found	cc
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 found	aux:pass
39	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 acquainted	parataxis
40	by	by	ADP	_	44 daughter	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 king	det
42	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 daughter	nmod:poss
43	's	's	PART	_	42 king	case
44	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 found	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 gave	punct
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 gave	nsubj
47	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 found	conj
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 gave	iobj
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 education	det
50	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 education	amod
51	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 gave	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 became	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 became	cc
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 became	nsubj
55	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	56 became	advmod
56	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 gave	conj
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 man	det
58	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 man	amod
59	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 became	xcomp
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 unknown	punct
61	but	but	CCONJ	_	68 unknown	cc
62	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	65 buried	advmod
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 buried	nsubj:pass
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 buried	aux:pass
65	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 but	advcl
66	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 unknown	cop
67	still	still	ADV	_	68 unknown	advmod
68	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acquainted	conj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 acquainted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquaint speech: other	present · passive		We				with one of the two longest oldest stories	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	relate	present	the storks	the two longest oldest stories					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	is	present	youngest = young					about Moses	tree rules
4	expose	past · passive	Moses's mother	Moses		the banks of the Nile			vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic
5	find	past · passive	the king's daughter						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	give	past		a good education	king				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient education=Theme
7	become	past	king	a great man				afterwards property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8	bury	past · passive		king					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
9	is	present					still	unknown property	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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