Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, sentence 13

“I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth,” said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture.

Who acts: Emperor, weavers · What happens: like, know, get on, say, elapse, be · To what, where: Emperor, little time, simpleton, manufacture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Emperor's New Clothes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, weavers), 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	_	4 like	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 like	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 said	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 like	xcomp
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 getting	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weavers	det
9	weavers	weaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 getting	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 getting	aux
11	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 know	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	11 getting	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 cloth	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cloth	nmod:poss
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 getting	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
17	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Emperor	det
20	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 said	nsubj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 himself	case
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 said	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 elapsed	punct
24	after	after	SCONJ	_	29 elapsed	mark
25	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	27 time	det
26	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 time	amod
27	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 elapsed	nsubj:pass
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 elapsed	aux
29	elapsed	elapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 said	conj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 embarrassed	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 embarrassed	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 embarrassed	cop
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 however	punct
34	however	however	ADV	_	37 embarrassed	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 embarrassed	punct
36	rather	rather	ADV	_	37 embarrassed	advmod
37	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 said	parataxis
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 remembered	punct
39	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	41 remembered	advmod
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 remembered	nsubj
41	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 embarrassed	conj
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 simpleton	mark
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 simpleton	det
44	simpleton	simpleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 remembered	xcomp
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 unfit	punct
46	or	or	CCONJ	_	48 unfit	cc
47	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 unfit	nummod
48	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 remembered	parataxis
49	for	for	ADP	_	51 office	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 office	nmod:poss
51	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 unfit	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 unable	punct
53	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 unable	aux
54	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 unable	cop
55	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 unfit	conj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 see	mark
57	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 unable	xcomp
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 manufacture	det
59	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 see	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	like in a quote	should	the Emperor = emperor				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the Emperor = emperor not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	get on in a quote	present · progressive	the weavers			with my cloth	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	say speech: assert	past	the Emperor		Emperor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic
5	elapse	past · perfect · passive		some little time			tree rules
6	is	past	Emperor			embarrassed, however property	tree rules
7	remember	past	Emperor	a simpleton			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	is	would	Emperor not said here			unable property	tree rules
9	see	to-infinitive	Emperor not said here	the manufacture			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer manufacture=Stimulus

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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