Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 3, sentence 37

They could all talk well enough when they were out in the street; but as soon as they came inside the palace gates, and saw the guard richly dressed in silver, and the lackeys in gold on the staircase, and the large illuminated saloons, then they were abashed; and when they stood before the throne on which the Princess was sitting, all they could do was to repeat the last word they had uttered, and to hear it again did not interest her very much.

Who acts: crush, Princess, lackeys · What happens: talk, be, come, see, dress, illuminate · To what, where: street, palace gates, guard, silver, crush, throne

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, 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 (crush, Princess, lackeys), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talk	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 talk	advmod
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 well	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 out	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 out	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 out	cop
10	out	out	ADV	_	4 talk	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 street	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 street	det
13	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 out	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 soon	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 soon	cc
16	as	as	ADV	_	17 soon	advmod
17	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 talk	advmod
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 came	mark
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 soon	advcl
21	inside	inside	ADP	_	24 gates	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 gates	det
23	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gates	compound
24	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 came	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 saw	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 saw	cc
27	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 came	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 guard	det
29	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 saw	obj
30	richly	richly	ADV	_	31 dressed	advmod
31	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 guard	acl
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 silver	case
33	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 dressed	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 did	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 did	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 lackeys	det
37	lackeys	lackey	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 did	nsubj
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 gold	case
39	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 lackeys	nmod
40	on	on	ADP	_	42 staircase	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 staircase	det
42	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 gold	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 saloons	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 saloons	cc
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 saloons	det
46	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 saloons	amod
47	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 saloons	amod
48	saloons	saloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 lackeys	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 abashed	punct
50	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 abashed	advmod
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 abashed	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 abashed	aux:pass
53	abashed	abash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 lackeys	parataxis
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 stood	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 stood	cc
56	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	58 stood	advmod
57	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 stood	nsubj
58	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 abashed	parataxis
59	before	before	ADP	_	61 throne	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 throne	det
61	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 stood	obl
62	on	on	ADP	_	63 which	case
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 sitting	obl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 Princess	det
65	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 sitting	nsubj
66	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 sitting	aux
67	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 stood	advcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 all	punct
69	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	67 sitting	obl
70	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 do	nsubj
71	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 do	aux
72	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 all	acl:relcl
73	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 repeat	cop
74	to	to	PART	_	75 repeat	mark
75	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	67 sitting	parataxis
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 word	det
77	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 word	amod
78	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 repeat	obj
79	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 uttered	nsubj
80	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 uttered	aux
81	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	78 word	acl:relcl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 hear	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 hear	cc
84	to	to	PART	_	85 hear	mark
85	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 stood	conj
86	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 hear	obj
87	again	again	ADV	_	85 hear	advmod
88	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 soon	advcl
89	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	90 interest	advmod
90	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 did	obj
91	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 interest	nmod
92	very	very	ADV	_	93 much	advmod
93	much	much	ADV	_	88 did	advmod
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 talk	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	could	crush				all, soon, well property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	crush		the street		out property	tree rules
3	come	past	crush		the palace gates			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside gate=Location
4	see	past	crush not said here	the guard				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus
5	dress	participle		the guard not said here	silver		richly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	illuminate	participle						vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	abash	past · passive		crush		then		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
8	stand	past	crush		the throne			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location
9	sit	past · progressive	the Princess	all				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location
10	do	could	crush					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	is	past					repeat property	tree rules
12	utter speech: other	past · perfect	crush	the last word not said here				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
13	hear	to-infinitive	crush not said here	guard		again		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
14	do	past	the lackeys in gold on the staircase and the large illuminated saloons	interest Princess				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=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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