Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elderbush, sentence 93

Near the green lawn papa's walking-stick was tied, and for the little ones it seemed to be endowed with life; for as soon as they got astride it, the round polished knob was turned into a magnificent neighing head, a long black mane fluttered in the breeze, and four slender yet strong legs shot out.

Who acts: it, eyes, round · What happens: tie, seem, endow, get, polish, turn · To what, where: walking stick, little ones, knob, round, magnificent neighing head, long black mane

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Elderbush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, eyes, round), 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	Near	near	ADP	_	9 stick	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 papa	det
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 papa	amod
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 papa	compound
5	papa	papa	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stick	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 papa	case
7	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stick	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 walking	punct
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tied	aux:pass
11	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ones	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ones	cc
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 ones	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ones	det
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ones	amod
17	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tied	obl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 seemed	nsubj
19	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ones	acl:relcl
20	to	to	PART	_	22 endowed	mark
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 endowed	aux:pass
22	endowed	endow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 seemed	xcomp
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 life	case
24	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 endowed	obl
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 got	punct
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 soon	case
27	as	as	ADV	_	28 soon	advmod
28	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 got	advmod
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 got	mark
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 got	nsubj
31	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 tied	conj
32	astride	astride	ADP	_	33 it	case
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 got	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 turned	punct
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 round	det
36	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 turned	nsubj:pass
37	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 round	acl
38	knob	knob	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 polished	obj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 turned	aux:pass
40	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 got	advcl
41	into	into	ADP	_	45 head	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 head	det
43	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 head	amod
44	neighing	neigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	45 head	amod
45	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 turned	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 mane	punct
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 mane	det
48	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 mane	amod
49	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 mane	amod
50	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 head	conj
51	fluttered	flutter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 mane	acl
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 breeze	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 breeze	det
54	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 fluttered	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 shot	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 shot	cc
57	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 legs	nummod
58	slender	slender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 legs	amod
59	yet	yet	ADV	_	60 strong	advmod
60	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 legs	amod
61	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 shot	nsubj:pass
62	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 got	advcl
63	out	out	ADP	_	62 shot	compound:prt
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 tied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		the green lawn papa's walking stick		for the little ones	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	seem	past	it	the little ones not said here			tree rules
3	endow	to-infinitive · passive				with life	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with life=Theme
4	get	past	eyes = eye			astride stick; soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	polish	participle	the round not said here	knob			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent knob=Destination
6	turn	past · passive		the round	a magnificent neighing head and a long black mane		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into head=Trajectory
7	neigh	gerund					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	flutter	participle		a long black mane not said here	the breeze		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in breeze=Location
9	shoot out	participle · passive		four slender strong legs			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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