Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1, sentence 137

The war of the buccaneers of 1490 was so recent that it could not fail being alluded to; the English pirates had, they said, most shamefully taken their ships while in the roadstead; and the Councillor, before whose eyes the Herostratic [*] event of 1801 still floated vividly, agreed entirely with the others in abusing the rascally English.

Who acts: war, English pirates, pirates, Councillor, others, buccaneers · What happens: be, not fail, allude, have, say, take · To what, where: most, rascally English · 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 (war, English pirates, pirates, Councillor), 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 war	det
2	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recent	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 buccaneers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 buccaneers	det
5	buccaneers	buccaneer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 war	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 1490	case
7	1490	1490	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 buccaneers	nmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 recent	cop
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 recent	advmod
10	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 fail	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fail	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fail	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 fail	advmod
15	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 recent	advcl
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 alluded	aux:pass
17	alluded	allude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 fail	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	17 alluded	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 had	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pirates	det
21	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 pirates	amod
22	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 had	nsubj
23	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 recent	parataxis
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 said	punct
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 said	nsubj
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 had	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 taken	punct
28	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	30 taken	nsubj:pass
29	shamefully	shamefully	ADV	_	30 taken	advmod
30	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 said	ccomp
31	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 ships	nmod:poss
32	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 taken	obj
33	while	while	SCONJ	_	36 roadstead	mark
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 roadstead	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 roadstead	det
36	roadstead	roadstead	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 taken	advcl
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 Councillor	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 Councillor	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Councillor	det
40	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 floated	nsubj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 eyes	punct
42	before	before	ADP	_	44 eyes	case
43	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	44 eyes	nmod:poss
44	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 Councillor	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Herostratic	det
46	Herostratic	Herostratic	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Councillor	conj
47	[	[	PUNCT	_	48 *	punct
48	*	*	PUNCT	_	46 Herostratic	punct
49	]	]	PUNCT	_	46 Herostratic	punct
50	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 floated	nsubj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 1801	case
52	1801	1801	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	50 event	nmod
53	still	still	ADV	_	54 floated	advmod
54	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 recent	parataxis
55	vividly	vividly	ADV	_	54 floated	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 agreed	punct
57	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 floated	advcl
58	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	57 agreed	advmod
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 others	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 others	det
61	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 agreed	obl:agent
62	in	in	SCONJ	_	63 abusing	mark
63	abusing	abuse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	61 others	acl
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 English	det
65	rascally	rascally	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 English	amod
66	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 abusing	obj
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 recent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the war of the buccaneers of 1490			recent property	tree rules
2	not fail	could	war				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	allude	gerund · passive	war not said here				tree rules
4	have	past	the English pirates				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	say speech: assert	past	pirates = pirate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	take	participle · passive		most		shamefully property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme ship=Destination
7	float	past	the Councillor and the Councillor and the Councillor's eyes and the Herostratic's eyes and the Herostratic		still	vividly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	agree speech: agree	participle	the Councillor and the Councillor and the Councillor's eyes and the Herostratic's eyes and the Herostratic not said here			entirely property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	abuse	gerund	the others not said here	the rascally English			vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Theme
10	war		the buccaneers of 1490				nom war «act intransitive»: of=agent

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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