Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 121

He sat lifeless on the steps: the morning-star,* that is to say, the heavy wooden staff, headed with iron spikes, and which had nothing else in common with its sparkling brother in the sky, had glided from his hand; while his eyes were fixed with glassy stare on the moon, looking for the good old fellow of a spirit which still haunted it.

Who acts: Denmark, that, spirit · What happens: sit, be, head, have, glide, fix · To what, where: heavy wooden staff, nothing, common, hand, eyes, moon

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 (Denmark, that, spirit), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sat	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 steps	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steps	det
6	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sat	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 star	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 star	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 star	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 morning	punct
11	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steps	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 star	punct
13	*	*	PUNCT	_	11 star	punct
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 say	nsubj:outer
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 say	cop
16	to	to	PART	_	17 say	mark
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 star	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 staff	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 staff	det
20	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 staff	amod
21	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 staff	amod
22	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 star	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 headed	punct
24	headed	head	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 staff	acl
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 spikes	case
26	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 spikes	compound
27	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 headed	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 had	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 had	cc
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 had	nsubj
31	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	parataxis
32	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	31 had	obj
33	else	else	ADV	_	32 nothing	advmod
34	in	in	ADP	_	35 common	case
35	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 nothing	nmod
36	with	with	ADP	_	39 brother	case
37	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 brother	nmod:poss
38	sparkling	sparkling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 brother	amod
39	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 common	obl
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 sky	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 sky	det
42	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 brother	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 glided	punct
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 glided	aux
45	glided	glide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 had	conj
46	from	from	ADP	_	48 hand	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 hand	nmod:poss
48	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 glided	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 fixed	punct
50	while	while	SCONJ	_	54 fixed	mark
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 eyes	nmod:poss
52	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 fixed	nsubj:pass
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 fixed	aux:pass
54	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sat	parataxis
55	with	with	ADP	_	57 stare	case
56	glassy	glassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 stare	amod
57	stare	stare	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 fixed	obl
58	on	on	ADP	_	60 moon	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 moon	det
60	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 stare	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 looking	punct
62	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 fixed	advcl
63	for	for	ADP	_	67 fellow	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 fellow	det
65	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 fellow	amod
66	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 fellow	amod
67	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 looking	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 spirit	case
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 spirit	det
70	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 fellow	nmod
71	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 haunted	nsubj
72	still	still	ADV	_	73 haunted	advmod
73	haunted	haunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 spirit	acl:relcl
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 haunted	obj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Denmark				on the steps and the morning star; lifeless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location
2	is	present	that				say property	tree rules
3	head	participle		the heavy wooden staff not said here			with iron spikes	vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	have	past		nothing	common			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
5	glide	past · perfect			Denmark's hand			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hand=Trajectory
6	fix	past · passive		Denmark's eyes			with glassy stare on the moon	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with stare=Co-Patient
7	look	gerund					for the good old fellow of a spirit	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fellow=Theme
8	haunt	past	a spirit	moon		still		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

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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