Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 10

They took hold of the worthy man; who, hearing on every side that he was intoxicated, did not in the least doubt the truth of this certainly not very polite assertion; but on the contrary, implored the ladies and gentlemen present to procure him a hackney-coach: they, however, imagined he was talking Russian.

Who acts: gesticulations, ladies, man · What happens: take, hear, intoxicate, not do, implore, present · To what, where: hold, side, man, least doubt, contrary, hackney coach

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gesticulations, ladies, man), 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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hold	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hearing	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hearing	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hearing	punct
11	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 side	det
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hearing	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 intoxicated	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 intoxicated	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 intoxicated	aux:pass
18	intoxicated	intoxicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hearing	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 did	punct
20	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 did	advmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 doubt	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 doubt	det
24	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 doubt	amod
25	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 did	obl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 truth	det
27	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 doubt	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	34 assertion	case
29	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 assertion	det
30	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	33 polite	advmod
31	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	33 polite	advmod
32	very	very	ADV	_	33 polite	advmod
33	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 assertion	amod
34	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 truth	nmod
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 implored	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 implored	cc
37	on	on	ADP	_	39 contrary	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 contrary	det
39	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 implored	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 contrary	punct
41	implored	implore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	parataxis
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 ladies	det
43	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 present	nsubj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 gentlemen	cc
45	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 ladies	conj
46	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 implored	ccomp
47	to	to	PART	_	48 procure	mark
48	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 present	xcomp
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 procure	obj
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 coach	det
51	hackney	hackney	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 coach	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 hackney	punct
53	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 procure	obj
54	:	:	PUNCT	_	59 imagined	punct
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 imagined	nsubj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 they	punct
57	however	however	ADV	_	59 imagined	advmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 however	punct
59	imagined	imagine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 implored	conj
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 talking	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 talking	aux
62	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 imagined	ccomp
63	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 talking	xcomp
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	gesticulations = gesticulation	hold of the worthy man				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
2	hear	gerund				every side		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	intoxicate	past · passive		man				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4	not do	past	gesticulations = gesticulation not said here			the least doubt		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	implore	past				the contrary		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	present	present	the ladies and gentlemen					tree rules
7	procure	to-infinitive	the ladies and gentlemen not said here	a hackney coach	man			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary coach=Theme
8	imagine	past	gesticulations = gesticulation				however property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	talk	past · progressive	man				russian property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	hold			the worthy man				nom 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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