Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family, sentence 10

Now they lived a very lonely and happy life; and as they had no children themselves, they had adopted a little common snail, which they brought up as their own; but the little one would not grow, for he was of a common family; but the old ones, especially Dame Mother Snail, thought they could observe how he increased in size, and she begged father, if he could not see it, that he would at least feel the little snail's shell; and then he felt it, and found the good dame was right.

Who acts: snails, little one, forest, Dame, good dame · What happens: live, have, adopt, bring up, not grow, be · To what, where: lonely life, children, snails, little common snail, size, father · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Happy Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snails, little one, forest, Dame), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 lived	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 life	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 lonely	advmod
6	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 happy	cc
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lonely	conj
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 had	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 had	obj
17	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 had	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 adopted	punct
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 adopted	nsubj:pass
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 adopted	aux
21	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 had	parataxis
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 snail	det
23	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 snail	amod
24	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 snail	amod
25	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 adopted	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 brought	punct
27	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 brought	obj
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 brought	nsubj
29	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 snail	acl:relcl
30	up	up	ADP	_	29 brought	compound:prt
31	as	as	ADP	_	33 own	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 own	nmod:poss
33	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 brought	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 grow	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 grow	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 one	det
37	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 one	amod
38	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 grow	nsubj
39	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 grow	aux
40	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 grow	advmod
41	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lived	parataxis
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 family	punct
43	for	for	ADP	_	49 family	case
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 family	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 family	cop
46	of	of	ADP	_	49 family	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 family	det
48	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 family	amod
49	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 grow	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 ones	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 ones	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 ones	det
53	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 ones	amod
54	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 Dame	punct
56	especially	especially	ADV	_	57 Dame	advmod
57	Dame	Dame	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 ones	nmod
58	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Dame	flat
59	Snail	Snail	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Dame	flat
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 thought	punct
61	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
62	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 observe	nsubj
63	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 observe	aux
64	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 thought	ccomp
65	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	67 increased	advmod
66	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 increased	nsubj
67	increased	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 observe	advcl
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 size	case
69	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 increased	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 begged	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 begged	cc
72	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 begged	nsubj
73	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
74	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 begged	obj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 see	punct
76	if	if	SCONJ	_	80 see	mark
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 see	nsubj
78	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 see	aux
79	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	80 see	advmod
80	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 begged	conj
81	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 see	obj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 feel	punct
83	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 would	mark
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 would	nsubj
85	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 feel	aux
86	at	at	ADP	_	87 least	case
87	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	88 feel	obl
88	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 see	conj
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 snail	det
90	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 snail	amod
91	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 shell	nmod:poss
92	's	's	PART	_	91 snail	case
93	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 feel	obj
94	;	;	PUNCT	_	98 felt	punct
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 felt	cc
96	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	98 felt	advmod
97	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	98 felt	nsubj
98	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	parataxis
99	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	98 felt	obj
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 found	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 found	cc
102	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 felt	conj
103	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 dame	det
104	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 dame	amod
105	dame	dame	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 right	nsubj
106	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	107 right	cop
107	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 found	ccomp
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	snails = snail	a lonely life			now	the old ones Dame obl	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location
2	have	past	snails = snail	no children				snails = snail obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	adopt	past · perfect · passive		snails = snail					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme snail=Attribute
4	bring up	past	snails = snail	a little common snail				as snails's own	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient
5	not grow	would	the little one						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is	past	forest					for a common family	tree rules
7	think speech: other	past	snails = snail not said here						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
8	observe	could	snails = snail						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	increase	past	forest			size			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
10	beg speech: request	past	Dame		father				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient
11	not see a condition, not said to happen	could	forest	life					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
12	feel	would	forest not said here	the little snail's shell		least			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shell=Theme at least=Location
13	feel	past	forest	shell			then		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
14	find	past	forest not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
15	is	past	the good dame					right property	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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