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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 73

She sharpened her glittering knife; and when one of the great, savage dogs, who were running about the Viking's castle in great numbers, sprang towards her, she thrust the knife into his side, merely, as she said, to prove its sharpness.

Who acts: Helga, great savage dogs, one · What happens: sharpen, glitter, run, spring, thrust, say · To what, where: stone, knife, side, sharpness · 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 (Helga, great savage dogs, one), 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

nsubjobjadvclobjpunctccadvmodnsubjcasedetamodpunctamodnmodpunctnsubjauxaclcasedetnmod:posscaseoblcaseamodnmodpunctconjcaseoblpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctconjpunctmarknsubjconjpunctmarkccompnmod:possobjpunctrootShePRONsharpenedVERBherPRONglitteringVERBknifeNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVoneNUMofADPtheDETgreatADJ,PUNCTsavageADJdogsNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwereAUXrunningVERBaboutADPtheDETVikingPROPN'sPARTcastleNOUNinADPgreatADJnumbersNOUN,PUNCTsprangVERBtowardsADPherPRON,PUNCTshePRONthrustVERBtheDETknifeNOUNintoADPhisPRONsideNOUN,PUNCTmerelyADV,PUNCTasSCONJshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCTtoPARTproveVERBitsPRONsharpnessNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sharpenednsubj
2sharpenedsharpenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sharpenedobj
4glitteringglitterVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 sharpenedadvcl
5knifeknifeNOUNNumber=Sing4 glitteringobj
6;;PUNCT_29 sprangpunct
7andandCCONJ_29 sprangcc
8whenwhenADVPronType=Int9 oneadvmod
9oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card29 sprangnsubj
10ofofADP_15 dogscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 dogsdet
12greatgreatADJDegree=Pos15 dogsamod
13,,PUNCT_12 greatpunct
14savagesavageADJDegree=Pos15 dogsamod
15dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur9 onenmod
16,,PUNCT_19 runningpunct
17whowhoPRONPronType=Rel19 runningnsubj
18werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 runningaux
19runningrunVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 dogsacl
20aboutaboutADP_24 castlecase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Vikingdet
22VikingVikingPROPNNumber=Sing24 castlenmod:poss
23's'sPART_22 Vikingcase
24castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing19 runningobl
25ininADP_27 numberscase
26greatgreatADJDegree=Pos27 numbersamod
27numbersnumberNOUNNumber=Plur24 castlenmod
28,,PUNCT_29 sprangpunct
29sprangspringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 sharpenedconj
30towardstowardsADP_31 hercase
31hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 sprangobl
32,,PUNCT_34 thrustpunct
33sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 thrustnsubj
34thrustthrustVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 sharpenedparataxis
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 knifedet
36knifeknifeNOUNNumber=Sing34 thrustobj
37intointoADP_39 sidecase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 sidenmod:poss
39sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing34 thrustobl
40,,PUNCT_41 merelypunct
41merelymerelyADV_34 thrustconj
42,,PUNCT_45 saidpunct
43asasSCONJ_45 saidmark
44sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 saidnsubj
45saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 thrustconj
46,,PUNCT_48 provepunct
47totoPART_48 provemark
48proveproveVERBVerbForm=Inf45 saidccomp
49itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 sharpnessnmod:poss
50sharpnesssharpnessNOUNNumber=Sing48 proveobj
51..PUNCT_2 sharpenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sharpenpastHelgastonevn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2glittergerundHelga not said hereknifevn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
3runpast · progressivethe great savage dogsabout the Viking's castle in great numbersvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about castle=Trajectory
4springpastone of the great savage dogstowards Helgavn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination
5thrustpastHelgathe knifepriest's sidevn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
6say speech: assertpastHelgavn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7proveto-infinitiveside's sharpnessvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sharpness=Theme

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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