Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 61
It seemed that she only understood the meaning of the word "love," when in the form of a miserable frog she crouched together in the corner of the sleeping chamber; but the Viking's wife had listened to the wonderful story, and had felt herself strangely moved by it.
Who acts: It, Helga, wife · What happens: seem, understand, crouch, listen, feel, move · To what, where: meaning, miserable frog, corner, Helga, word
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 (It, Helga, wife), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 seemed | nsubj |
| 2 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 understood | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 understood | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 understood | advmod |
| 6 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 seemed | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 meaning | det |
| 8 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 understood | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 word | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 word | det |
| 11 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 meaning | nmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 love | punct |
| 13 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 word | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 love | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 love | punct |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 word | nmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 form | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 form | det |
| 19 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 when | nsubj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 frog | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 frog | det |
| 22 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 frog | amod |
| 23 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 form | nmod |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 crouched | nsubj |
| 25 | crouched | crouch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 frog | acl:relcl |
| 26 | together | together | ADV | _ | 25 crouched | advmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 corner | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 corner | det |
| 29 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 crouched | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 chamber | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 chamber | det |
| 32 | sleeping | sleeping | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 chamber | amod |
| 33 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 corner | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 listened | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 listened | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Viking | det |
| 37 | Viking | Viking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 wife | nmod:poss |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 Viking | case |
| 39 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 listened | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 listened | aux |
| 41 | listened | listen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 seemed | conj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 story | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 story | det |
| 44 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 story | amod |
| 45 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 listened | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 felt | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 felt | cc |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 felt | aux |
| 49 | felt | feel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 seemed | parataxis |
| 50 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 49 felt | obl |
| 51 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 52 moved | advmod |
| 52 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 felt | advcl |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 it | case |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 moved | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 seemed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | It | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | understand | past | Helga | the meaning of the word | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | crouch | past | Helga | a miserable frog not said here | the corner of the sleeping chamber | together property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location frog=Theme | ||
| 4 | listen | past · perfect | the Viking's wife | to the wonderful story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme | ||||
| 5 | feel | past · perfect | Helga | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | move | participle | by form; strangely property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by it=Trajectory | |||||
| 7 | mean | the word | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | form | a miserable frog | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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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