Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 98
And so it happened that by day the child, with the actual form of its mother, possessed the fierce disposition of its father; at night, on the contrary, its outward appearance plainly showed its descent on the father's side, while inwardly it had the heart and mind of its mother.
Who acts: it, outward appearance, appearance · What happens: happen, possess, show, have, form, descend · To what, where: fierce disposition, descent, side, heart, mother
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 (it, outward appearance, appearance), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 happened | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 possessed | mark |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 possessed | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 form | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 form | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 form | det |
| 13 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 form | amod |
| 14 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 child | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 mother | case |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 form | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 day | punct |
| 19 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 disposition | det |
| 21 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 disposition | amod |
| 22 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 possessed | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 father | case |
| 24 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 father | nmod:poss |
| 25 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 disposition | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 night | punct |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 night | case |
| 28 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 showed | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 contrary | punct |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 contrary | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 contrary | det |
| 32 | contrary | contrary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 night | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 appearance | punct |
| 34 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 35 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 appearance | amod |
| 36 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 showed | nsubj |
| 37 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 38 showed | advmod |
| 38 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | conj |
| 39 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 descent | nmod:poss |
| 40 | descent | descent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 showed | obj |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 side | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 father | det |
| 43 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 side | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 43 father | case |
| 45 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 showed | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 had | punct |
| 47 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 48 inwardly | mark |
| 48 | inwardly | inwardly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 had | advcl |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 had | nsubj |
| 50 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 showed | conj |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 heart | det |
| 52 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 had | obj |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 mind | cc |
| 54 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 heart | conj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 mother | case |
| 56 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 mother | nmod:poss |
| 57 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 heart | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | possess | past | the fierce disposition of form's father | day | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disposition=Theme | ||||
| 3 | show | past | form's outward appearance | appearance's descent | the father's side | night | plainly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent descent=Recipient | |
| 4 | have | past | appearance | the heart of appearance's mother and mind | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 5 | form | form's mother | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | descend | appearance | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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