Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god, sentence 113

To the left were the gentlemen-mice, stroking their whiskers with their fore-paws; and in the centre of the hall could be seen the bridal pair, standing side by side, in a hollow cheese-rind, and kissing each other, while all eyes were upon them; for they had already been betrothed, and were soon to be married.

Who acts: gentlemen, bridal pair, eyes · What happens: be, stroke, see, stand, kiss, betroth · To what, where: whiskers, bridal pair, centre, side, hollow cheese rind, each

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gentlemen, bridal pair, eyes), 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 left	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 left	det
3	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 were	obl
4	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gentlemen	det
6	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 were	nsubj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 mice	punct
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gentlemen	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stroking	punct
10	stroking	stroke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 were	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 whiskers	nmod:poss
12	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stroking	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 paws	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 paws	nmod:poss
15	fore	fore	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 paws	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 fore	punct
17	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stroking	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 seen	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 seen	cc
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 centre	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 centre	det
22	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 seen	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 hall	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 hall	det
25	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 centre	nmod
26	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 seen	aux
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 seen	aux:pass
28	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 were	advcl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 pair	det
30	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 pair	amod
31	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 seen	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 standing	punct
33	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 pair	acl
34	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 standing	obj
35	by	by	ADP	_	36 side	case
36	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 standing	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 rind	punct
38	in	in	ADP	_	43 rind	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 rind	det
40	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 rind	amod
41	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 rind	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 cheese	punct
43	rind	rind	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 standing	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 kissing	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 kissing	cc
46	kissing	kiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 seen	advcl
47	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	46 kissing	obj
48	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 each	fixed
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 them	punct
50	while	while	SCONJ	_	55 them	mark
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	52 eyes	det
52	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 them	nsubj
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 them	cop
54	upon	upon	ADP	_	55 them	case
55	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kissing	obl
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 betrothed	punct
57	for	for	SCONJ	_	62 betrothed	mark
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 betrothed	nsubj
59	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 betrothed	aux
60	already	already	ADV	_	62 betrothed	advmod
61	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 betrothed	aux:pass
62	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 were	parataxis
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 married	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 married	cc
65	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 married	aux:pass
66	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	69 married	advmod
67	to	to	PART	_	69 married	mark
68	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	69 married	aux:pass
69	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 betrothed	conj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 were	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	the gentlemen and mice			to the left	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stroke	gerund	the gentlemen and mice not said here	gentlemen's whiskers		with gentlemen's fore paws	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent whisker=Experiencer with paw=Instrument
3	see	could · passive	the gentlemen and mice not said here	the bridal pair	the centre of the hall		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: pair=Stimulus
4	stand	gerund	the bridal pair not said here	side	a hollow cheese rind	by side	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent side=Theme by side=Destination
5	kiss	gerund	the gentlemen and mice not said here	each			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent
6	is	past	all eyes			upon gentlemen = gentleman	tree rules
7	betroth	past · perfect · passive		eyes = eye			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
8	marry	past · passive				soon property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»

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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