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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Ole the Tower-keeper, sentence 4

Such was the speech of Ole, my friend, the old tower-keeper, a strange, talkative old fellow, who seemed to speak out everything that came into his head, and who for all that had many a serious thought deep in his heart.

Who acts: Such, strange talkative old fellow, that · What happens: be, seem, speak out, come, have, think · To what, where: speech, everything, head, many serious thought heart

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Ole the Tower-keeper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Such, strange talkative old fellow, that), 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

nsubjcopdetcasenmodpunctnmod:possconjpunctdetamodcompoundpunctconjpunctdetamodpunctamodamodconjpunctnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompcompound:prtobjnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjmarkdet:predetnsubjadvclamoddetamodamodadvmodcasenmod:possobjpunctrootSuchPROPNwasAUXtheDETspeechNOUNofADPOlePROPN,PUNCTmyPRONfriendNOUN,PUNCTtheDEToldADJtowerNOUN-PUNCTkeeperNOUN,PUNCTaDETstrangeADJ,PUNCTtalkativeADJoldADJfellowNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONseemedVERBtoPARTspeakVERBoutADPeverythingPRONthatPRONcameVERBintoADPhisPRONheadNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhoPRONforSCONJallDETthatPRONhadVERBmanyADJaDETseriousADJthoughtVERBdeepADVinADPhisPRONheartNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SuchSuchPROPNNumber=Sing4 speechnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 speechcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 speechdet
4speechspeechNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_6 Olecase
6OleOlePROPNNumber=Sing4 speechnmod
7,,PUNCT_9 friendpunct
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 friendnmod:poss
9friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing4 speechconj
10,,PUNCT_15 keeperpunct
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 keeperdet
12oldoldADJDegree=Pos15 keeperamod
13towertowerNOUNNumber=Sing15 keepercompound
14--PUNCT_13 towerpunct
15keeperkeeperNOUNNumber=Sing9 friendconj
16,,PUNCT_22 fellowpunct
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 fellowdet
18strangestrangeADJDegree=Pos22 fellowamod
19,,PUNCT_18 strangepunct
20talkativetalkativeADJDegree=Pos22 fellowamod
21oldoldADJDegree=Pos22 fellowamod
22fellowfellowNOUNNumber=Sing4 speechconj
23,,PUNCT_25 seemedpunct
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 seemednsubj
25seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 fellowacl:relcl
26totoPART_27 speakmark
27speakspeakVERBVerbForm=Inf25 seemedxcomp
28outoutADP_27 speakcompound:prt
29everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot27 speakobj
30thatthatPRONPronType=Rel31 camensubj
31camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 everythingacl:relcl
32intointoADP_34 headcase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 headnmod:poss
34headheadNOUNNumber=Sing31 cameobl
35,,PUNCT_37 whopunct
36andandCCONJ_37 whocc
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 speechconj
38forforSCONJ_41 hadmark
39allallDETPronType=Tot41 haddet:predet
40thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem41 hadnsubj
41hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 whoadvcl
42manymanyADJDegree=Pos49 heartamod
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 heartdet
44seriousseriousADJDegree=Pos49 heartamod
45thoughtthinkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass49 heartamod
46deepdeepADV_49 heartadvmod
47ininADP_49 heartcase
48hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 heartnmod:poss
49heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing41 hadobj
50..PUNCT_4 speechpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastSuchthe speech and my friend and the old tower keeper and a strange talkative old fellowof Oletree rules
2seempasta strange talkative old fellowvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3speak out speech: otherto-infinitivea strange talkative old fellow not said hereeverythingtree rules
4comepastOle's headvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial_Location
5havepastthatOle's many serious thought heartvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
6think speech: otherparticiplevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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