Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell-deep, sentence 53

And when all the other church bells are sounding sweetly, he says that it is not really the bells that are sounding, but that it is the air itself which sends forth the notes; and grandmother said to us that the Bell itself said it was the air who told it to him, consequently they are agreed on that point, and this much is sure.

Who acts: other church bells, mann, throng, bells, air, grandmother · What happens: sound, say, not be, be, send, tell · To what, where: bells, air, notes, us, throng, mann · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell-deep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other church bells, mann, throng, bells), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 sounding	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 sounding	advmod
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 bells	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bells	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bells	amod
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bells	compound
7	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sounding	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sounding	aux
9	sounding	sound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 says	ccomp
10	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	_	9 sounding	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sounding	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 bells	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 bells	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 bells	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 bells	advmod
18	really	really	ADV	_	20 bells	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bells	det
20	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 says	ccomp
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 sounding	nsubj
22	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 sounding	aux
23	sounding	sound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 bells	acl:relcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 air	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 air	cc
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 air	mark
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 air	nsubj
28	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 air	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 air	det
30	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sounding	obl
31	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	30 air	nmod:unmarked
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 sends	nsubj
33	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 air	acl:relcl
34	forth	forth	ADV	_	33 sends	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 notes	det
36	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 sends	obj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 said	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 said	cc
39	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 said	nsubj
40	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 says	parataxis
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 us	case
42	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 said	obl
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 said	mark
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Bell	det
45	Bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 said	nsubj
46	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	45 Bell	nmod:unmarked
47	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 said	advcl
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 air	nsubj
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 air	cop
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 air	det
51	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 said	ccomp
52	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 told	nsubj
53	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 air	acl:relcl
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 told	obj
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 him	case
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 told	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 agreed	punct
58	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	61 agreed	advmod
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 agreed	nsubj
60	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 agreed	aux:pass
61	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 told	conj
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 point	case
63	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	64 point	det
64	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 agreed	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 sure	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 sure	cc
67	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	70 sure	nsubj
68	much	much	ADV	_	70 sure	advmod
69	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 sure	cop
70	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 said	conj
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	sound	present · progressive	all other church bells				sweetly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	mann					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not is a	present	throng	the bells				tree rules
4	sound	present · progressive	the bells					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	is a	present	throng	the air			throng nmod:unmarked	tree rules
6	send	present	the air	the notes			forth property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme
7	say speech: assert	past	grandmother		us			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to we=Recipient
8	say speech: assert	past	the Bell throng					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is a	past	throng	the air				tree rules
10	tell speech: assert	past	the air	throng	mann			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient
11	agree speech: agree	present · passive		notes = note		that point	consequently property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
12	is	present	this				sure property	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: «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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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