Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Evening, sentence 9
She knew that if the lamp continued to burn so long as she could keep it in sight, her betrothed was still alive; but if the lamp was suddenly extinguished, he was dead.
Who acts: flame, lamp, maiden · What happens: know, continue, burn, keep, betroth, be · To what, where: lamp, sight · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flame, lamp, maiden), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 betrothed | mark |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 continued | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lamp | det |
| 6 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 continued | nsubj |
| 7 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 betrothed | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 burn | mark |
| 9 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 continued | xcomp |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 long | advmod |
| 11 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 burn | advmod |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 keep | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 keep | nsubj |
| 14 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 keep | aux |
| 15 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 long | advcl |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 keep | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 sight | case |
| 18 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 keep | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 continued | punct |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 betrothed | nsubj |
| 21 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knew | ccomp |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 alive | cop |
| 23 | still | still | ADV | _ | 24 alive | advmod |
| 24 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 betrothed | xcomp |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 dead | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 dead | cc |
| 27 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 extinguished | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 lamp | det |
| 29 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 extinguished | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 extinguished | cop |
| 31 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 32 extinguished | advmod |
| 32 | extinguished | extinguished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 dead | advcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 extinguished | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 dead | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 dead | cop |
| 36 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knew | conj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | flame | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | continue a condition, not said to happen | past | the lamp | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | burn | to-infinitive | the lamp not said here | long property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | keep | could | flame | lamp | sight | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sight=Location | |||
| 5 | betroth | past | flame | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | past | flame not said here | still | alive property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the lamp | extinguished, suddenly property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | is | past | maiden | dead property | tree rules |
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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