Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 42
Therefore they let him go alone; and as he walked on, the solitude of the wood produced a feeling of reverence in his breast; but still he heard the little bell about which the others rejoiced, and sometimes, when the wind blew in that direction, he could hear the sounds from the confectioner's stall, where the others were singing at tea.
Who acts: people, other, solitude, others, wind · What happens: let, go, walk on, produce, hear, rejoice · To what, where: other, feeling, little bell, direction, sounds, stall
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, other, solitude, others), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 3 let | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | nsubj |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 produced | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 produced | cc |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 walked | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 walked | nsubj |
| 11 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 produced | advcl |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 walked | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 walked | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 solitude | det |
| 15 | solitude | solitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 produced | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 wood | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wood | det |
| 18 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 solitude | nmod |
| 19 | produced | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | parataxis |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 feeling | det |
| 21 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 produced | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 reverence | case |
| 23 | reverence | reverence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 feeling | nmod |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 breast | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 breast | nmod:poss |
| 26 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 reverence | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 heard | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 heard | cc |
| 29 | still | still | ADV | _ | 31 heard | advmod |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 heard | nsubj |
| 31 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 let | parataxis |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 bell | det |
| 33 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 bell | amod |
| 34 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 heard | obj |
| 35 | about | about | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 rejoiced | obl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 others | det |
| 38 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 39 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 bell | acl:relcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 blew | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 blew | cc |
| 42 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 47 blew | advmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 blew | punct |
| 44 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 47 blew | advmod |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 wind | det |
| 46 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 blew | nsubj |
| 47 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 heard | conj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 direction | case |
| 49 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 direction | det |
| 50 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 blew | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 hear | punct |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 hear | nsubj |
| 53 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 hear | aux |
| 54 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 heard | conj |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 sounds | det |
| 56 | sounds | sound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 hear | obj |
| 57 | from | from | ADP | _ | 61 stall | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 confectioner | det |
| 59 | confectioner | confectioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 stall | nmod:poss |
| 60 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 59 confectioner | case |
| 61 | stall | stall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 hear | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 singing | punct |
| 63 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 67 singing | advmod |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 others | det |
| 65 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 singing | nsubj |
| 66 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 singing | aux |
| 67 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 54 hear | advcl |
| 68 | at | at | ADP | _ | 69 tea | case |
| 69 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 singing | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | people | other | therefore property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | infinitive | other not said here | alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | walk on | past | other | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | produce | past | the solitude of the wood | a feeling of reverence in other's breast | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Result | ||||
| 5 | hear | past | other | the little bell | still | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | rejoice | past | the others | about the little bell | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | blow | past | the wind | that direction | sometimes property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||
| 8 | hear | could | other | the sounds | the confectioner's stall | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sound=Topic from stall=Source | |||
| 9 | sing speech: express | past · progressive | the others | tea | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tea=Location |
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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