Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 26
The Viking's wife was, for the time in which she lived, a woman of strong character and will; but, compared to her daughter, she was a gentle, timid woman, and she knew that a wicked sorcerer had the terrible child in his power.
Who acts: wife, Viking, wicked sorcerer · What happens: be, live, compare, know, have · To what, where: woman, gentle timid woman, terrible child, power · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, Viking, wicked sorcerer), 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 | 2 Viking | det |
| 2 | Viking | Viking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Viking | case |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 time | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 time | cop |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 time | punct |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 lived | obl |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lived | nsubj |
| 13 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 time | acl:relcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 woman | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 woman | det |
| 16 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lived | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 character | case |
| 18 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 character | amod |
| 19 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 woman | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 will | cc |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 lived | advcl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 compared | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 compared | cc |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 compared | punct |
| 25 | compared | compare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 time | advcl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 daughter | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 28 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 compared | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 woman | punct |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 woman | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 woman | cop |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 woman | det |
| 33 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 woman | amod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 gentle | punct |
| 35 | timid | timid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 woman | amod |
| 36 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 compared | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 knew | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 knew | cc |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 knew | nsubj |
| 40 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 compared | conj |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 had | mark |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 sorcerer | det |
| 43 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 sorcerer | amod |
| 44 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 had | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 knew | ccomp |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 child | det |
| 47 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 child | amod |
| 48 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 had | obj |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 power | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 power | nmod:poss |
| 51 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 child | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 time | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Viking's wife | for the time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | past | Viking | a woman of strong character | in the time | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | |||
| 3 | compare | participle | the Viking's wife not said here | to Viking's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | Viking | a gentle timid woman | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know | past | Viking | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | have | past | a wicked sorcerer | the terrible child | sorcerer's power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
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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