Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Thirty-second Evening, sentence 12

The third and fourth laid the clean linen carefully in the box, for that is a thing that has to be done; and the mother sat by the bed of the youngest, and announced to all the rest that they were to be quiet, for little sister was going to say her prayers.

Who acts: third, that, thing, mother, children, little sister · What happens: lay, be, have, do, sit, announce · To what, where: clean linen, box, rest, prayers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Thirty-second Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third, that, thing, mother), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 third	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 laid	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fourth	cc
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 third	conj
5	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 linen	det
7	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 linen	amod
8	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laid	obj
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	5 laid	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 box	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 box	det
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laid	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 thing	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 thing	case
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 thing	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 thing	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 thing	det
18	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	appos
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 has	nsubj
20	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 thing	acl:relcl
21	to	to	PART	_	23 done	mark
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 done	aux:pass
23	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 has	xcomp
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 sat	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 sat	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mother	det
27	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sat	nsubj
28	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laid	parataxis
29	by	by	ADP	_	31 bed	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 bed	det
31	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sat	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 youngest	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 youngest	det
34	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	31 bed	appos
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 announced	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 announced	cc
37	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 sat	conj
38	to	to	ADP	_	41 rest	case
39	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	41 rest	det:predet
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 rest	det
41	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 announced	obl
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 quiet	mark
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 quiet	nsubj
44	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 quiet	cop
45	to	to	PART	_	47 quiet	mark
46	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 quiet	cop
47	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 announced	xcomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 going	punct
49	for	for	SCONJ	_	53 going	mark
50	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 sister	amod
51	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 going	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 going	aux
53	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 announced	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 say	mark
55	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 going	xcomp
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 prayers	nmod:poss
57	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 say	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 laid	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	lay	past	the third	the clean linen		the box	carefully property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent linen=Theme in box=Destination
2	is	present	that				for a thing	tree rules
3	have	present	a thing					tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive · passive	a thing not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»
5	sit	past	the mother				by the bed	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by bed=Location
6	announce speech: other	past	the mother not said here		all rest			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rest=Recipient
7	is	past	children = child				quiet property	tree rules
8	go	past · progressive	little sister					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	little sister not said here	mother's prayers				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
10	pray		mother					nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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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