Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, sentence 19

This happened every year; and the young Fir Tree, that had now grown to a very comely size, trembled at the sight; for the magnificent great trees fell to the earth with noise and cracking, the branches were lopped off, and the trees looked long and bare; they were hardly to be recognised; and then they were laid in carts, and the horses dragged them out of the wood.

Who acts: This, that, trees, horses · What happens: happen, grow, tremble, fall, lop off, look · To what, where: young Fir Tree, sight, branches, carts, wood

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, that, trees, horses), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 year	det
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happened	obl:unmarked
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 Tree	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Tree	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Tree	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Tree	amod
9	Fir	Fir	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Tree	compound
10	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 happened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grown	punct
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 grown	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 grown	aux
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 grown	advmod
15	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 Tree	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	20 size	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 size	det
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 comely	advmod
19	comely	comely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 size	amod
20	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grown	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 trembled	punct
22	trembled	tremble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Tree	conj
23	at	at	ADP	_	25 sight	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sight	det
25	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 trembled	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 fell	punct
27	for	for	ADP	_	31 trees	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 trees	det
29	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 trees	amod
30	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 trees	amod
31	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 fell	obl
32	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	parataxis
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 earth	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 earth	det
35	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 fell	obl
36	with	with	ADP	_	37 noise	case
37	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 earth	nmod
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 cracking	cc
39	cracking	cracking	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 noise	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 lopped	punct
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 branches	det
42	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 lopped	nsubj:pass
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 lopped	aux:pass
44	lopped	lop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 fell	conj
45	off	off	ADP	_	44 lopped	compound:prt
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 looked	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 looked	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 trees	det
49	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 looked	nsubj
50	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 fell	conj
51	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 looked	xcomp
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 bare	cc
53	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 long	conj
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 recognised	punct
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 recognised	nsubj
56	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 recognised	aux:pass
57	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	60 recognised	advmod
58	to	to	PART	_	60 recognised	mark
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	60 recognised	aux:pass
60	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 fell	conj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 laid	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 laid	cc
63	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	66 laid	advmod
64	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 laid	nsubj
65	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 laid	aux:pass
66	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 happened	parataxis
67	in	in	ADP	_	68 carts	case
68	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 laid	obl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 dragged	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 dragged	cc
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 horses	det
72	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 dragged	nsubj
73	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	conj
74	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 dragged	obj
75	out	out	ADP	_	78 wood	case
76	of	of	ADP	_	78 wood	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 wood	det
78	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 dragged	obl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	This	the young Fir Tree		year		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past · perfect	that			now	to a comely size	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tremble	participle	This not said here		the sight			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location
4	fall	past					for the magnificent great trees; to the earth with noise and cracking	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme
5	lop off	past · passive		the branches				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	look	past	the trees				long property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
7	recognise	past · passive		branches = branch			hardly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
8	lay	past · passive		branches = branch	carts	then		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cart=Destination
9	drag	past	the horses	branches = branch	the wood			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out wood=Initial_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: «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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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