Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family, sentence 7

They had never been outside it, but they knew that there was still something more in the world, which was called the manor-house, and that there they were boiled, and then they became black, and were then placed on a silver dish; but what happened further they knew not; or, in fact, what it was to be boiled, and to lie on a silver dish, they could not possibly imagine; but it was said to be delightful, and particularly genteel.

Who acts: snails, something · What happens: have, not be, know, be, call, boil · To what, where: manor house, snails, silver dish, house, fact · 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, something), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 it	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 it	cop
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knew	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 knew	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 was	mark
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 was	expl
13	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 knew	ccomp
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 something	advmod
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 was	nsubj
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 something	amod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 world	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 world	det
19	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 more	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 called	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 called	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 called	aux:pass
23	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 something	acl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 house	det
25	manor	manor	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 house	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 manor	punct
27	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 called	xcomp
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 boiled	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 boiled	cc
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 boiled	mark
31	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	34 boiled	expl
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 boiled	nsubj:pass
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 boiled	aux:pass
34	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	parataxis
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 became	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 became	cc
37	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 became	advmod
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 became	nsubj
39	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 boiled	parataxis
40	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 became	xcomp
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 placed	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 placed	cc
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 placed	aux:pass
44	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 placed	advmod
45	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 became	conj
46	on	on	ADP	_	49 dish	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 dish	det
48	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 dish	compound
49	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 placed	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 happened	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	53 happened	cc
52	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	53 happened	nsubj
53	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
54	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 knew	advmod
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 knew	nsubj
56	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 happened	advcl
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 knew	advmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 boiled	punct
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	69 boiled	cc
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 or	punct
61	in	in	ADP	_	62 fact	case
62	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 boiled	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 boiled	punct
64	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	69 boiled	obj
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 boiled	nsubj:pass
66	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 boiled	aux:pass
67	to	to	PART	_	69 boiled	mark
68	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	69 boiled	aux:pass
69	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	parataxis
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 lie	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 lie	cc
72	to	to	PART	_	73 lie	mark
73	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 boiled	conj
74	on	on	ADP	_	77 dish	case
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 dish	det
76	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 dish	compound
77	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 lie	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 imagine	punct
79	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 imagine	nsubj
80	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	83 imagine	aux
81	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	83 imagine	advmod
82	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	83 imagine	advmod
83	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 lie	conj
84	;	;	PUNCT	_	88 said	punct
85	but	but	CCONJ	_	88 said	cc
86	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 said	nsubj
87	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 said	aux:pass
88	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	73 lie	conj
89	to	to	PART	_	91 delightful	mark
90	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	91 delightful	cop
91	delightful	delightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 said	xcomp
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 genteel	punct
93	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 genteel	cc
94	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	95 genteel	advmod
95	genteel	genteel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 delightful	conj
96	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	snails = snail					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not is	participle					outside family	tree rules
3	know	past	snails = snail					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	be	past	something		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	call	past · passive		the manor house				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
6	boil	past · passive		snails = snail	there			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
7	become	past	snails = snail			then	black property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8	place	past · passive	snails = snail not said here		a silver dish	then		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on dish=Destination
9	happen	past						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	not know	past	snails = snail				far property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	boil	past · passive		house	fact			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=Patient
12	lie	to-infinitive			a silver dish			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on dish=Location
13	not imagine	could	snails = snail				possibly property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
14	say speech: assert	past · passive		house				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
15	is	to-infinitive					delightful property	tree rules
16	be						particularly 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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