Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 4, sentence 71

When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap, the little robber maiden went to the Reindeer, and said, “I should very much like to give you still many a tickling with the sharp knife, for then you are so amusing; however, I will untether you, and help you out, so that you may go back to Lapland.

Who acts: mother, little robber maiden, you · What happens: take, have, go, say, like, give · To what, where: sup, flask, nap, Reindeer, many, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, little robber maiden, you), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 taken	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mother	det
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	59 untether	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sup	det
7	sup	sup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 flask	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 flask	nmod:poss
10	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 having	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 having	cc
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 having	aux
14	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 taken	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 nap	det
16	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 having	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 went	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 maiden	det
19	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 maiden	amod
20	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 maiden	compound
21	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	nsubj
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 having	parataxis
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 Reindeer	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Reindeer	det
25	Reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 said	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 said	cc
28	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 went	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 like	punct
30	“	"	PUNCT	_	35 like	punct
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 like	nsubj
32	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 like	aux
33	very	very	ADV	_	34 much	advmod
34	much	much	ADV	_	35 like	advmod
35	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 said	ccomp
36	to	to	PART	_	37 give	mark
37	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 like	xcomp
38	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	37 give	iobj
39	still	still	ADV	_	40 many	advmod
40	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 give	obj
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 tickling	det
42	tickling	tickle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 many	advcl
43	with	with	ADP	_	46 knife	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 knife	det
45	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 knife	amod
46	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 tickling	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 amusing	punct
48	for	for	ADP	_	49 then	case
49	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 amusing	obl
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 amusing	nsubj
51	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 amusing	cop
52	so	so	ADV	_	53 amusing	advmod
53	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 tickling	parataxis
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 untether	punct
55	however	however	ADV	_	59 untether	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 however	punct
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 untether	nsubj
58	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 untether	aux
59	untether	untether	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 untether	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 help	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 help	cc
63	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 untether	conj
64	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	63 help	obj
65	out	out	ADP	_	63 help	compound:prt
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 go	punct
67	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	71 go	mark
68	that	that	SCONJ	_	67 so	fixed
69	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 go	nsubj
70	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 go	aux
71	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 help	conj
72	back	back	ADV	_	71 go	advmod
73	to	to	ADP	_	74 Lapland	case
74	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 go	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	59 untether	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past · perfect	the mother	a sup		mother's flask		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sup=Theme at flask=Asset
2	have	past · progressive		a nap				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient
3	go	past	the little robber maiden			the Reindeer		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to reindeer=Initial_Location
4	say speech: assert	past	the little robber maiden not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	like in a quote	should	the little robber maiden = maiden					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	give not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the little robber maiden = maiden not said here	many	you			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient many=Theme
7	tickle in a quote	gerund	the little robber maiden = maiden not said here				with the sharp knife	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with knife=Instrument
8	is in a quote	present	you				amusing property	tree rules
9	untether in a quote	future	the little robber maiden = maiden	you			however property	tree rules
10	help out in a quote	infinitive	the little robber maiden = maiden not said here		you			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary
11	go back in a quote	may	you		Lapland			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to lapland=Result

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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