Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god, sentence 2

In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he comes up the stairs very softly, for he walks in his socks, then he opens the doors without the slightest noise, and throws a small quantity of very fine dust in their eyes, just enough to prevent them from keeping them open, and so they do not see him.

Who acts: evening, Oie, children · What happens: seat, come up, walk, open, throw, prevent · To what, where: children, table, stairs, socks, doors, small quantity

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 (evening, Oie, children), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 evening	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 evening	det
3	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 comes	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 seated	punct
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 seated	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 children	det
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 seated	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seated	aux:pass
9	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 evening	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 table	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 table	det
12	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seated	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 chairs	cc
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 chairs	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 chairs	nmod:poss
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chairs	amod
17	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 table	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 evening	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 comes	nsubj
20	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 comes	compound:prt
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 stairs	det
23	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 comes	obl
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 softly	advmod
25	softly	softly	ADV	_	20 comes	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 walks	punct
27	for	for	SCONJ	_	29 walks	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 walks	nsubj
29	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 comes	parataxis
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 socks	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 socks	nmod:poss
32	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 walks	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 opens	punct
34	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 opens	advmod
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 opens	nsubj
36	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 walks	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 doors	det
38	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 opens	obj
39	without	without	ADP	_	42 noise	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 noise	det
41	slightest	slight	ADJ	Degree=Sup	42 noise	amod
42	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 opens	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 throws	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 throws	cc
45	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 opens	conj
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 quantity	det
47	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 quantity	amod
48	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 throws	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	52 dust	case
50	very	very	ADV	_	51 fine	advmod
51	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 dust	amod
52	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 quantity	nmod
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 eyes	case
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 eyes	nmod:poss
55	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 throws	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 enough	punct
57	just	just	ADV	_	58 enough	advmod
58	enough	enough	ADV	_	45 throws	advmod
59	to	to	PART	_	60 prevent	mark
60	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 throws	advcl
61	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 prevent	obj
62	from	from	SCONJ	_	63 keeping	mark
63	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 prevent	advcl
64	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 keeping	obj
65	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 keeping	xcomp
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 see	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 see	cc
68	so	so	ADV	_	72 see	advmod
69	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 see	nsubj
70	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 see	aux
71	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	72 see	advmod
72	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 comes	parataxis
73	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 see	obj
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 comes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seat	present · passive	the evening not said here	the children	the table or children's little chairs			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2	come up	present	Oie	the stairs		evening	softly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	walk	present	Oie		Oie's socks			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sock=Trajectory
4	open	present	Oie	the doors		then	without the slightest noise	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
5	throw	present	Oie not said here	a small quantity of fine dust	children's eyes		enough property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme in eye=Destination
6	prevent	to-infinitive	Oie not said here	children = child				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme
7	keep	gerund	Oie not said here	children = child			open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
8	not see	present · do-support	children = child	Oie				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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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