Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 3, sentence 51

“That may be,” said the Raven; “I did not examine him so minutely; but I know from my tame sweetheart, that when he came into the court-yard of the palace, and saw the body-guard in silver, the lackeys on the staircase, he was not the least abashed; he nodded, and said to them, 'It must be very tiresome to stand on the stairs; for my part, I shall go in.'

Who acts: Raven, It · What happens: be, say, not examine, know, come, see · To what, where: Raven, tame sweetheart, body guard, silver, lackeys, stairs · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Raven, It), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 said	ccomp
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 That	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 That	punct
6	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 That	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Raven	det
9	Raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 examine	punct
11	“	"	PUNCT	_	15 examine	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 examine	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 examine	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 examine	advmod
15	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 examine	obj
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 minutely	advmod
18	minutely	minutely	ADV	_	15 examine	advmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 know	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 know	cc
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 know	nsubj
22	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
23	from	from	ADP	_	26 sweetheart	case
24	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 sweetheart	nmod:poss
25	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sweetheart	amod
26	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 know	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 came	punct
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 came	mark
29	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 came	advmod
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 came	nsubj
31	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 know	conj
32	into	into	ADP	_	36 yard	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 yard	det
34	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 yard	compound
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 court	punct
36	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 came	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 palace	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 palace	det
39	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 yard	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 saw	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 saw	cc
42	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 came	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 guard	det
44	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 guard	compound
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	44 body	punct
46	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 saw	obj
47	in	in	ADP	_	48 silver	case
48	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 guard	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 lackeys	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 lackeys	det
51	lackeys	lackey	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 guard	conj
52	on	on	ADP	_	54 staircase	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 staircase	det
54	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 lackeys	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 least	punct
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 least	nsubj
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 least	cop
58	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 least	advmod
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 least	det
60	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	31 came	obl
61	abashed	abash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 least	xcomp
62	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 nodded	punct
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 nodded	nsubj
64	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	parataxis
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 said	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 said	cc
67	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 nodded	conj
68	to	to	ADP	_	69 them	case
69	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 said	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 tiresome	punct
71	'	'	PUNCT	_	76 tiresome	punct
72	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 tiresome	nsubj
73	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 tiresome	aux
74	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	76 tiresome	cop
75	very	very	ADV	_	76 tiresome	advmod
76	tiresome	tiresome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 said	conj
77	to	to	PART	_	78 stand	mark
78	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 tiresome	xcomp
79	on	on	ADP	_	81 stairs	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 stairs	det
81	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 stand	obl
82	;	;	PUNCT	_	89 go	punct
83	for	for	ADP	_	85 part	case
84	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 part	nmod:poss
85	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 go	obl
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 part	punct
87	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	89 go	nsubj
88	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	89 go	aux
89	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
90	in	in	ADV	_	89 go	advmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	89 go	punct
92	'	'	PUNCT	_	89 go	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	may	the Raven not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Raven					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not examine in a quote	past · do-support	the Raven = raven	Raven			minutely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	know in a quote	present	the Raven = raven			my tame sweetheart		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	come in a quote	past	Raven				into the court yard of the palace	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial_Location
6	see in a quote	past	Raven not said here	the body guard and the lackeys on the staircase		silver		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus
7	not is in a quote	past	Raven				least property	tree rules
8	abash in a quote	participle	Raven not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
9	nod in a quote	past	Raven					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Raven not said here		lackeys = lackey			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient
11	is in a quote	must	It				tiresome property	tree rules
12	stand in a quote	to-infinitive				the stairs		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location
13	go in in a quote	shall	the Raven = raven				for my part	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for part=Beneficiary

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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