Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 5, sentence 56

And the first green buds appeared, the first little birds began to chirrup; and out of the wood came, riding on a magnificent horse, which Gerda knew (it was one of the leaders in the golden carriage), a young damsel with a bright-red cap on her head, and armed with pistols.

Who acts: first green buds, first little birds, Gerda, wood · What happens: appear, begin, come, ride, know, be · To what, where: chirrup, wood, magnificent horse, one

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first green buds, first little birds, Gerda, wood), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 appeared	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 buds	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 buds	amod
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 buds	amod
5	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 appeared	nsubj
6	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 began	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 birds	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 birds	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 birds	amod
11	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 began	nsubj
12	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 appeared	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 chirrup	mark
14	chirrup	chirrup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 began	xcomp
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 came	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 came	cc
17	out	out	ADP	_	20 wood	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 came	obl
21	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 appeared	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 riding	punct
23	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 came	advcl
24	on	on	ADP	_	27 horse	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 horse	det
26	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 horse	amod
27	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 riding	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 knew	punct
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 knew	obj
30	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 knew	nsubj
31	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 horse	acl:relcl
32	(	(	PUNCT	_	35 one	punct
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 one	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 one	cop
35	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 knew	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 leaders	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 leaders	det
38	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 one	nmod
39	in	in	ADP	_	42 carriage	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 carriage	det
41	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 carriage	amod
42	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 leaders	nmod
43	)	)	PUNCT	_	35 one	punct
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 damsel	punct
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 damsel	det
46	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 damsel	amod
47	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 horse	conj
48	with	with	ADP	_	53 cap	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 cap	det
50	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 red	amod
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 bright	punct
52	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 cap	amod
53	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 riding	obl
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 head	case
55	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 head	nmod:poss
56	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 cap	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 armed	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 armed	cc
59	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 appeared	conj
60	with	with	ADP	_	61 pistols	case
61	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 armed	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 appeared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	appear	past	the first green buds				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	begin	past	the first little birds	chirrup			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	come	past	the first green buds not said here		the wood		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out wood=Initial_Location
4	ride	gerund	the first green buds not said here			on a magnificent horse and a young damsel; with a red cap on Gerda's head	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
5	know	past	Gerda	a magnificent horse and a young damsel			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
6	is a	past	wood	one		of the leaders in the golden carriage	tree rules

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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