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Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, sentence 42

She danced round the church corner, she could not leave off; the coachman was obliged to run after and catch hold of her, and he lifted her in the carriage, but her feet continued to dance so that she trod on the old lady dreadfully.

Who acts: Karen, soldier, feet · What happens: dance, not leave off, oblige, run, catch, lift · To what, where: church corner, coachman, hold, Karen, carriage

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Karen, soldier, feet), 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

nsubjcasedetcompoundoblpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjcompound:prtpunctdetnsubj:passaux:passconjmarkxcompadvmodccconjobjcasenmodpunctccnsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctccnmod:possnsubjparataxismarkxcompmarkfixednsubjadvclcasedetamodobladvmodpunctrootShePRONdancedVERBroundADPtheDETchurchNOUNcornerNOUN,PUNCTshePRONcouldAUXnotPARTleaveVERBoffADP;PUNCTtheDETcoachmanNOUNwasAUXobligedVERBtoPARTrunVERBafterADVandCCONJcatchVERBholdNOUNofADPherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONliftedVERBherPRONinADPtheDETcarriageNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJherPRONfeetNOUNcontinuedVERBtoPARTdanceVERBsoSCONJthatSCONJshePRONtrodVERBonADPtheDEToldADJladyNOUNdreadfullyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 dancednsubj
2danceddanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3roundroundADP_6 cornercase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 cornerdet
5churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing6 cornercompound
6cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing2 dancedobl
7,,PUNCT_11 leavepunct
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 leavensubj
9couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 leaveaux
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 leaveadvmod
11leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 dancedconj
12offoffADP_11 leavecompound:prt
13;;PUNCT_17 obligedpunct
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 coachmandet
15coachmancoachmanNOUNNumber=Sing17 obligednsubj:pass
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 obligedaux:pass
17obligedobligeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 dancedconj
18totoPART_19 runmark
19runrunVERBVerbForm=Inf17 obligedxcomp
20afterafterADV_19 runadvmod
21andandCCONJ_22 catchcc
22catchcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 runconj
23holdholdNOUNNumber=Sing22 catchobj
24ofofADP_25 hercase
25hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 holdnmod
26,,PUNCT_29 liftedpunct
27andandCCONJ_29 liftedcc
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 liftednsubj
29liftedliftVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 dancedconj
30hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 liftedobj
31ininADP_33 carriagecase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 carriagedet
33carriagecarriageNOUNNumber=Sing29 liftedobl
34,,PUNCT_38 continuedpunct
35butbutCCONJ_38 continuedcc
36herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 feetnmod:poss
37feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur38 continuednsubj
38continuedcontinueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 dancedparataxis
39totoPART_40 dancemark
40dancedanceVERBVerbForm=Inf38 continuedxcomp
41sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ44 trodmark
42thatthatSCONJ_41 sofixed
43sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 trodnsubj
44trodtreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 continuedadvcl
45ononADP_48 ladycase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 ladydet
47oldoldADJDegree=Pos48 ladyamod
48ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing44 trodobl
49dreadfullydreadfullyADV_44 trodadvmod
50..PUNCT_2 dancedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dancepastKarenthe church cornervn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round corner=Trajectory
2not leave offcouldKarenvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3obligepast · passivethe coachmanvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
4runto-infinitiveafter propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5catchpresenthold of Karenvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
6liftpastsoldierKarenthe carriagevn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in carriage=Destination
7continuepastKaren's feetvn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8danceto-infinitiveKaren's feet not said herevn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9treadpastKarenon the old lady; dreadfully propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lady=Trajectory
10holdKarennom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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