Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, sentence 25

We have seen the portraits of our great-grandfathers dressed in this way; but the "pepper gentlemen" had no money to spare to have their portraits taken, though one of them would have made a very interesting picture for us now, if taken as he appeared standing behind his counter, or going to church, or on holidays.

Who acts: We, pepper gentlemen, portraits, ginger, gentlemen · What happens: see, dress, have, spare, take, make · To what, where: portraits, great grandfathers, way, money, one, counter

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, pepper gentlemen, portraits, ginger), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 portraits	det
5	portraits	portrait	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seen	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 grandfathers	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grandfathers	nmod:poss
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grandfathers	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 great	punct
10	grandfathers	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 portraits	nmod
11	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 grandfathers	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 way	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dressed	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 had	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 gentlemen	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gentlemen	det
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 gentlemen	punct
19	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gentlemen	compound
20	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 had	nsubj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 gentlemen	punct
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	parataxis
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 money	det
24	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 had	obj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 spare	mark
26	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 money	acl
27	to	to	PART	_	28 have	mark
28	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 spare	xcomp
29	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 portraits	nmod:poss
30	portraits	portrait	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 have	obj
31	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 have	xcomp
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 made	punct
33	though	though	SCONJ	_	39 made	mark
34	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 made	nsubj:pass
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 them	case
36	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 one	nmod
37	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 made	aux
38	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	39 made	aux
39	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 had	conj
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 picture	det
41	very	very	ADV	_	42 interesting	advmod
42	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 picture	amod
43	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 made	obj
44	for	for	ADP	_	45 us	case
45	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 picture	nmod
46	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 made	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 taken	punct
48	if	if	SCONJ	_	49 taken	mark
49	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 made	conj
50	as	as	SCONJ	_	52 appeared	mark
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 appeared	nsubj
52	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 taken	advcl
53	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	52 appeared	xcomp
54	behind	behind	ADP	_	56 counter	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 counter	nmod:poss
56	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 standing	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 going	punct
58	or	or	CCONJ	_	59 going	cc
59	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 standing	conj
60	to	to	ADP	_	61 church	case
61	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 going	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 holidays	punct
63	or	or	CCONJ	_	65 holidays	cc
64	on	on	ADP	_	65 holidays	case
65	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 standing	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect	We	the portraits of our great grandfathers				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer portrait=Stimulus
2	dress	participle		our great grandfathers not said here	this way			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	past	the pepper gentlemen	no money				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
4	spare	to-infinitive	the pepper gentlemen not said here	no money not said here				tree rules
5	have	to-infinitive	the pepper gentlemen not said here	gentlemen's portraits				tree rules
6	take	participle	gentlemen's portraits not said here					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	make	would · perfect · passive		one of gentlemen		now		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Beneficiary picture=Product for we=Asset
8	take a condition, not said to happen	participle						vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	appear	past	ginger					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
10	stand	gerund	ginger not said here		ginger's counter		on holidays	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind counter=Location
11	go	gerund	ginger not said here		church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location
12	portray			our great grandfathers				nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	portray		gentlemen = gentleman					nom portrait «communication transitive»: 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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