Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1, sentence 11

Amongst other things they spoke of the middle ages: some praised that period as far more interesting, far more poetical than our own too sober present; indeed Councillor Knap defended this opinion so warmly, that the hostess declared immediately on his side, and both exerted themselves with unwearied eloquence.

Who acts: things, some, Councillor, hostess · What happens: speak, praise, defend, declare, exert · To what, where: period, opinion, side, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (things, some, Councillor, hostess), 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	Amongst	amongst	ADP	_	3 things	case
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spoke	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spoke	nsubj
5	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ages	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ages	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ages	compound
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spoke	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 praised	punct
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 praised	nsubj
12	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoke	conj
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 period	det
14	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 praised	obj
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 far	advmod
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 more	advmod
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 interesting	advmod
18	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 praised	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 poetical	punct
20	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 more	advmod
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 poetical	amod
22	poetical	poetical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 praised	parataxis
23	than	than	ADP	_	28 present	case
24	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 present	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 present	amod
26	too	too	ADV	_	27 sober	advmod
27	sober	sober	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 present	amod
28	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 poetical	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 defended	punct
30	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	31 Councillor	advmod
31	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 defended	nsubj
32	Knap	Knap	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Councillor	flat
33	defended	defend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoke	parataxis
34	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 opinion	det
35	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 defended	obj
36	so	so	ADV	_	37 warmly	advmod
37	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	33 defended	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 declared	punct
39	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 declared	mark
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hostess	det
41	hostess	hostess	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 declared	nsubj
42	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 defended	conj
43	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	42 declared	advmod
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 side	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 side	nmod:poss
46	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 declared	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 exerted	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 exerted	cc
49	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	50 exerted	advmod
50	exerted	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 defended	conj
51	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	50 exerted	obj
52	with	with	ADP	_	54 eloquence	case
53	unwearied	unwearied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 eloquence	amod
54	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 exerted	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spoke	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	things = thing			of the middle ages	amongst other things	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	praise	past	some	that period				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent period=Theme
3	defend	past	Councillor	this opinion			warmly property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Beneficiary
4	declare speech: other	past	the hostess		hostess's side		immediately property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	exert	past	Councillor not said here	things = thing			with unwearied eloquence	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme

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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