Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, sentence 22

One of them had to go home to try on a ball-dress; for it was just the dress and the ball which had caused her to be confirmed this time, for otherwise she would not have come; the other was a poor boy, who had borrowed his coat and boots to be confirmed in from the innkeeper's son, and he was to give them back by a certain hour; the third said that he never went to a strange place if his parents were not with him--that he had always been a good boy hitherto, and would still be so now that he was confirmed, and that one ought not to laugh at him for it: the others, however, did make fun of him, after all.

Who acts: dress, ball, clergyman, other, poor boy, boy · What happens: go, try, be, cause, confirm, not come · To what, where: ball dress, clergyman, poor boy, coat, branches, strange place · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dress, ball, clergyman, other), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 had	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 One	nmod
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	117 confirmed	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 try	mark
9	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	14 dress	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dress	det
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dress	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ball	punct
14	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 try	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 dress	punct
16	for	for	ADP	_	21 dress	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 dress	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 dress	cop
19	just	just	ADV	_	21 dress	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dress	det
21	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 ball	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ball	det
24	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dress	conj
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 caused	nsubj
26	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 caused	aux
27	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 ball	acl:relcl
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 caused	iobj
29	to	to	PART	_	31 confirmed	mark
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 confirmed	aux:pass
31	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 caused	advcl
32	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 time	det
33	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 confirmed	obl:unmarked
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 come	punct
35	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 come	mark
36	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	41 come	advmod
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 come	nsubj
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 come	aux
39	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 come	advmod
40	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	41 come	aux
41	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 confirmed	conj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 boy	punct
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 other	det
44	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 boy	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 boy	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 boy	det
47	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 boy	amod
48	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	parataxis
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 borrowed	punct
50	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 borrowed	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 borrowed	aux
52	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	48 boy	acl:relcl
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 coat	nmod:poss
54	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 borrowed	obj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 boots	cc
56	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 coat	conj
57	to	to	PART	_	59 confirmed	mark
58	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	59 confirmed	aux:pass
59	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 borrowed	advcl
60	in	in	ADV	_	59 confirmed	advmod
61	from	from	ADP	_	65 son	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 innkeeper	det
63	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 son	nmod:poss
64	's	's	PART	_	63 innkeeper	case
65	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 confirmed	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 give	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 give	cc
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 give	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 give	aux
70	to	to	PART	_	71 give	mark
71	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	conj
72	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 give	iobj
73	back	back	ADP	_	71 give	compound:prt
74	by	by	ADP	_	77 hour	case
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 hour	det
76	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 hour	amod
77	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 give	obl
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 said	punct
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 third	det
80	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 said	nsubj
81	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	parataxis
82	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 went	mark
83	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 went	nsubj
84	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	85 went	advmod
85	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 said	ccomp
86	to	to	ADP	_	89 place	case
87	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 place	det
88	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 place	amod
89	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 went	obl
90	if	if	SCONJ	_	96 him	mark
91	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	92 parents	nmod:poss
92	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 him	nsubj
93	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	96 him	cop
94	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	96 him	advmod
95	with	with	ADP	_	96 him	case
96	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 went	advcl
97	--	--	PUNCT	_	105 boy	punct
98	that	that	SCONJ	_	105 boy	mark
99	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 boy	nsubj
100	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 boy	aux
101	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	105 boy	advmod
102	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	105 boy	cop
103	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 boy	det
104	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 boy	amod
105	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 went	obl
106	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	105 boy	advmod
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	117 confirmed	punct
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	117 confirmed	cc
109	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	117 confirmed	aux
110	still	still	ADV	_	117 confirmed	advmod
111	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	117 confirmed	aux:pass
112	so	so	ADV	_	117 confirmed	advmod
113	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	117 confirmed	advmod
114	that	that	SCONJ	_	117 confirmed	mark
115	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	117 confirmed	nsubj
116	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	117 confirmed	aux:pass
117	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
118	,	,	PUNCT	_	125 laugh	punct
119	and	and	CCONJ	_	125 laugh	cc
120	that	that	SCONJ	_	121 one	mark
121	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	125 laugh	nsubj
122	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	125 laugh	aux
123	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	125 laugh	advmod
124	to	to	PART	_	125 laugh	mark
125	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	117 confirmed	conj
126	at	at	ADP	_	127 him	case
127	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	125 laugh	obl
128	for	for	ADP	_	129 it	case
129	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	125 laugh	obl
130	:	:	PUNCT	_	137 make	punct
131	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	132 others	det
132	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	137 make	nsubj
133	,	,	PUNCT	_	132 others	punct
134	however	however	ADV	_	137 make	advmod
135	,	,	PUNCT	_	134 however	punct
136	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	137 make	aux
137	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	117 confirmed	conj
138	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	137 make	obj
139	of	of	ADP	_	140 him	case
140	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	138 fun	nmod
141	,	,	PUNCT	_	143 all	punct
142	after	after	ADP	_	143 all	case
143	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	137 make	parataxis
144	.	.	PUNCT	_	117 confirmed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive						home property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	try	to-infinitive				a ball dress			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	dress					for the dress and the ball	tree rules
4	cause	past · perfect	the ball		clergyman				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient
5	confirm	to-infinitive · passive	the ball not said here				time		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»
6	not come	would · perfect	clergyman					otherwise property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	is a	past	the other	a poor boy					tree rules
8	borrow	past · perfect	a poor boy	boy's coat and boots					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
9	confirm	to-infinitive · passive	a poor boy not said here					from the innkeeper's son	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»
10	give back	past	boy		branches = branch		hour		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
11	say speech: assert	past	the third						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	not go	past	third			a strange place			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
13	not is a condition, not said to happen	past	third's parents					with boy	tree rules
14	is a	past · perfect	boy	a good boy				always, hitherto property	tree rules
15	confirm	would · past · passive		boy			still; now		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
16	not laugh	ought	one					at third; for dress	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	make	past · do-support	the others	fun of third				however property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product

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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