Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1, sentence 95

Then the snow began to fall so thickly that the little boy could not see an arm's length before him, but still on he went: when suddenly he let go the string he held in his hand in order to get loose from the sledge, but it was of no use; still the little vehicle rushed on with the quickness of the wind.

Who acts: snow, little boy, other, little vehicle, sledge · What happens: begin, fall, not see, go, let, hold · To what, where: length, little vehicle, string, hand

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snow, little boy, other, little vehicle), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 began	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 snow	det
3	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fall	mark
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 thickly	advmod
8	thickly	thickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fall	xcomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 see	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boy	amod
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 see	advmod
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 thickly	advcl
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 arm	det
17	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 length	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 arm	case
19	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
20	before	before	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 see	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 went	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 went	cc
24	still	still	ADV	_	27 went	advmod
25	on	on	SCONJ	_	27 went	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 went	nsubj
27	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 began	conj
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 let	punct
29	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	32 let	advmod
30	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	32 let	advmod
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 let	nsubj
32	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 began	conj
33	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 let	xcomp
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 string	det
35	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 go	obj
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 held	nsubj
37	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 string	acl:relcl
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 hand	case
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 hand	nmod:poss
40	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 held	obl
41	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	44 get	mark
42	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 in	fixed
43	to	to	PART	_	44 get	mark
44	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 go	advcl
45	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 get	xcomp
46	from	from	ADP	_	48 sledge	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 sledge	det
48	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 loose	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 use	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 use	cc
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 use	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 use	cop
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 use	case
54	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	55 use	det
55	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 let	obl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 vehicle	punct
57	still	still	ADV	_	60 vehicle	advmod
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 vehicle	det
59	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 vehicle	amod
60	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 let	obl
61	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 vehicle	acl
62	on	on	ADP	_	61 rushed	compound:prt
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 quickness	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 quickness	det
65	quickness	quickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 rushed	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 wind	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 wind	det
68	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 quickness	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the snow			then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	fall	to-infinitive	the snow not said here				thickly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not see	could	the little boy	a arm's length		before other		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer length=Stimulus
4	go	past	other			still		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	let	past	other	the little vehicle			suddenly property	tree rules
6	go	infinitive	the little vehicle not said here	the string				vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location string=Theme
7	hold	past	other	the string not said here	other's hand			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent string=Theme in hand=Location
8	get	to-infinitive	the little vehicle not said here				loose property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	is	past	sledge				of no use	tree rules
10	rush on	participle		the little vehicle not said here			with the quickness of the wind	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with quickness=Eventuality

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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