Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd, sentence 67

The swineherd--that is to say--the Prince, for no one knew that he was other than an ill-favored swineherd, let not a day pass without working at something; he at last constructed a rattle, which, when it was swung round, played all the waltzes and jig tunes, which have ever been heard since the creation of the world.

Who acts: swineherd, one, last constructed rattle · What happens: be, know, favor, let, work, construct · To what, where: day pass, rattle, waltzes, world · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (swineherd, one, last constructed rattle), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swineherd	det
2	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
3	--	--	PUNCT	_	2 swineherd	punct
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 say	nsubj:outer
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	10 Prince	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 knew	punct
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 knew	mark
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knew	nsubj
15	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	parataxis
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 other	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 other	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 other	cop
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 knew	ccomp
20	than	than	ADP	_	25 swineherd	case
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 swineherd	det
22	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 favored	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 ill	punct
24	favored	favor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 swineherd	amod
25	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 other	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 let	punct
27	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 say	parataxis
28	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	31 pass	advmod
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 pass	det
30	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 pass	compound
31	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 let	obj
32	without	without	SCONJ	_	33 working	mark
33	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	27 let	advcl
34	at	at	ADP	_	35 something	case
35	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	33 working	obl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 rattle	punct
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 rattle	nsubj
38	at	at	ADP	_	42 rattle	case
39	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 rattle	amod
40	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 rattle	amod
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 rattle	det
42	rattle	rattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 played	nsubj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 swung	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 swung	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 swung	punct
46	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	49 swung	advmod
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 swung	nsubj:pass
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 swung	aux:pass
49	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 rattle	acl:relcl
50	round	round	ADV	_	49 swung	advmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 played	punct
52	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	ccomp
53	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	55 waltzes	det:predet
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 waltzes	det
55	waltzes	waltz	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 played	obj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 tunes	cc
57	jig	jig	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 tunes	compound
58	tunes	tune	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 waltzes	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 heard	punct
60	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 heard	nsubj:pass
61	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 heard	aux
62	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	64 heard	advmod
63	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	64 heard	aux:pass
64	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 waltzes	acl
65	since	since	ADP	_	67 creation	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 creation	det
67	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 heard	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 world	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 world	det
70	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 creation	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	be speech: assert	present	the swineherd			say property	tree rules
2	know	past	no one				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	Swineherd			than a favored swineherd; other property	tree rules
4	favor	participle					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	let	infinitive		a day pass			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme
6	work	gerund				at something	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme
7	construct	participle					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	swing	past · passive		rattle		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme which=Result
9	play	past	a last constructed rattle	all waltzes and jig tunes			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waltz=Theme
10	hear	present · perfect · passive		all waltzes and jig tunes	since the creation of the world; ever		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
11	create			the world			nom creation «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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