Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3, sentence 48

Her nephew, a merry boy, who was his aunt's darling, begged so long for these spectacles, that, at last, she lent him the treasure, after having informed him, with many exhortations, that in order to execute the interesting trick, he need only repair to some place where a great many persons were assembled; and then, from a higher position, whence he could overlook the crowd, pass the company in review before him through his spectacles.

Who acts: nephew, person, that, boy · What happens: be, beg, lend, inform, execute, need · To what, where: darling, that, last, treasure, boy, interesting trick

This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nephew, person, that, boy), 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	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nephew	nmod:poss
2	nephew	nephew	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 begged	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boy	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
5	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boy	amod
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nephew	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 darling	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 darling	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 darling	cop
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 aunt	nmod:poss
11	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 darling	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 aunt	case
13	darling	darling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nephew	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 begged	punct
15	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 long	advmod
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 begged	advmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 spectacles	case
19	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	20 spectacles	det
20	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 begged	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 that	punct
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 begged	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 that	punct
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 begged	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 lent	punct
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 lent	nsubj
28	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 begged	conj
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 lent	obj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 treasure	det
31	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 lent	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 informed	punct
33	after	after	SCONJ	_	35 informed	mark
34	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 informed	aux
35	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 lent	parataxis
36	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 informed	iobj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 exhortations	punct
38	with	with	ADP	_	40 exhortations	case
39	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 exhortations	amod
40	exhortations	exhortation	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 informed	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 execute	punct
42	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 execute	nsubj
43	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	46 execute	mark
44	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 in	fixed
45	to	to	PART	_	46 execute	mark
46	execute	execute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 exhortations	parataxis
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 trick	det
48	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 trick	amod
49	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 execute	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 need	punct
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 need	nsubj
52	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 execute	conj
53	only	only	ADV	_	54 repair	advmod
54	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 need	obj
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 place	case
56	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	57 place	det
57	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 repair	nmod
58	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	64 assembled	advmod
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 persons	det
60	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 persons	amod
61	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 persons	amod
62	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 assembled	nsubj:pass
63	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 assembled	aux:pass
64	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 place	acl:relcl
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	77 overlook	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 then	cc
67	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	77 overlook	advmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 then	punct
69	from	from	ADP	_	72 position	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 position	det
71	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 position	amod
72	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 overlook	obl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 position	punct
74	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	77 overlook	advmod
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 overlook	nsubj
76	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 overlook	aux
77	overlook	overlook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 begged	conj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 crowd	det
79	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 overlook	obj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 pass	punct
81	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	77 overlook	conj
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 company	det
83	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 pass	obj
84	in	in	ADP	_	85 review	case
85	review	review	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 pass	obl
86	before	before	ADP	_	87 him	case
87	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 pass	obl
88	through	through	ADP	_	90 spectacles	case
89	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 spectacles	nmod:poss
90	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 pass	obl
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 begged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	person's nephew and a merry boy and boy's aunt's darling	boy's aunt's darling					tree rules
2	beg speech: request	participle	person's nephew and a merry boy and boy's aunt's darling	that		last		for this spectacles; long property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent that=Recipient for spectacle=Topic
3	lend	past	person	the treasure	boy				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient treasure=Theme
4	inform speech: other	gerund · perfect			boy				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
5	execute	to-infinitive	that	the interesting trick					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient
6	need	present	boy	repair				to some place	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot repair=Theme
7	assemble	past · passive		a great many persons					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
8	overlook	could	boy	the crowd		a higher position	then	whence property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme
9	pass	infinitive	boy not said here	the company		review	before boy	through boy's spectacles	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent company=Theme in review=Destination

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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