Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 62

The little one was so like the Egyptian princess, that the stork, at the first moment, thought it must be the princess herself, but after a little reflection he decided that it was much more likely to be the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King; and this explained also her being placed in the cup of a water-lily. "

Who acts: little one, stork, power, papa, it, this · What happens: be, think, decide, explain, place · To what, where: princess, daughter, cup · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (little one, stork, power, papa), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 princess	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 princess	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 princess	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
8	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 princess	amod
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 thought	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 thought	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stork	det
13	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 thought	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 moment	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 moment	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 moment	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 moment	amod
18	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stork	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stork	punct
20	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 princess	parataxis
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 princess	nsubj
22	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 princess	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 princess	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 princess	det
25	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 thought	ccomp
26	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	25 princess	nmod:unmarked
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 decided	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 decided	cc
29	after	after	ADP	_	32 reflection	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 reflection	det
31	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 reflection	amod
32	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 decided	obl
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 decided	nsubj
34	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 thought	conj
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 likely	mark
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 likely	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 likely	cop
38	much	much	ADV	_	39 more	advmod
39	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	40 likely	advmod
40	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 decided	ccomp
41	to	to	PART	_	44 daughter	mark
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 daughter	cop
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 daughter	det
44	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 likely	xcomp
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 princess	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 princess	det
47	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 daughter	nmod
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 King	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 King	det
50	Marsh	Marsh	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 King	compound
51	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 princess	conj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 explained	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 explained	cc
54	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 explained	nsubj
55	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 princess	parataxis
56	also	also	ADV	_	59 placed	advmod
57	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 placed	nmod:poss
58	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 placed	aux:pass
59	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 explained	ccomp
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 cup	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 cup	det
62	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 placed	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	67 lily	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 lily	det
65	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 lily	compound
66	-	-	PUNCT	_	65 water	punct
67	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 cup	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the little one				like the Egyptian princess	tree rules
2	think speech: other	past	the stork and the first moment					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	must	power	the princess			bud nmod:unmarked	tree rules
4	decide	past	papa			after a little reflection		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	it				likely property	tree rules
6	is a	to-infinitive		the daughter			of the princess and the Marsh King	tree rules
7	explain speech: assert	past	this					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	place	gerund · passive			the cup of a water lily			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in cup=Destination

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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