Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 79

It was the shoes that caused the metamorphosis by means of which, unknown to himself, he took upon him the thoughts and feelings of the officer; but, as we have just seen, he felt himself in his new situation much less contented, and now preferred the very thing which but some minutes before he had rejected.

Who acts: picture, shoes, watchman, we · What happens: be, cause, mean, take, see, feel · To what, where: shoes, metamorphosis, thoughts, watchman, new situation, thing

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 (picture, shoes, watchman, we), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shoes	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 means	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 caused	nsubj
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shoes	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 metamorphosis	det
8	metamorphosis	metamorphosis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	6 caused	fixed
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 unknown	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 unknown	punct
14	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 means	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 himself	case
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 unknown	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 took	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	nsubj
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 unknown	conj
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 thoughts	det
23	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 took	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 feelings	cc
25	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 thoughts	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 officer	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 officer	det
28	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 feelings	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 felt	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 felt	cc
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 but	punct
32	as	as	SCONJ	_	36 seen	mark
33	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 seen	nsubj
34	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 seen	aux
35	just	just	ADV	_	36 seen	advmod
36	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 felt	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 seen	punct
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 felt	nsubj
39	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 means	parataxis
40	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	39 felt	obj
41	in	in	ADP	_	44 situation	case
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 situation	nmod:poss
43	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 situation	amod
44	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 felt	obl
45	much	much	ADV	_	46 less	advmod
46	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	47 contented	advmod
47	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 situation	acl:relcl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 preferred	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 preferred	cc
50	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	51 preferred	advmod
51	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 felt	conj
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 thing	det
53	very	very	ADV	_	54 thing	advmod
54	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 preferred	obj
55	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 rejected	obj
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	62 rejected	cc
57	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	58 minutes	det
58	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 rejected	nsubj:pass
59	before	before	SCONJ	_	62 rejected	mark
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 rejected	nsubj:pass
61	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 rejected	aux
62	rejected	reject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 thing	acl:relcl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	picture	the shoes				tree rules
2	cause	past	the shoes	the metamorphosis				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition metamorphosis=Patient
3	mean	present	the shoes					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	take	past	watchman	the thoughts and feelings of the officer			upon I.	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme
5	see	present · perfect	we					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	feel	past	watchman	watchman	watchman's new situation			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in situation=Location
7	content	participle		watchman's new situation not said here			less property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	prefer	past	watchman not said here	the thing		now		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
9	reject	past · perfect · passive		some minutes				tree rules

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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