Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 32

There were ringing bells that rang alternately; and then came the little drummers that beat their tattoo in the family circle; and acquaintance was made with those who write without putting their names, which here means as much as using grease instead of patent blacking; and then there was the beadle with his boy, and the boy was worst off, for in general he gets no notice taken of him; then, too, there was the good street sweeper with his cart, who turns over the dust-bin, and calls it 'good, very good, remarkably good.'

Who acts: bells, little drummers, names, boy, good street sweeper, drummers · What happens: be, ring, come, beat, make, write · To what, where: bells, little drummers, tattoo, acquaintance, names, much · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bells, little drummers, names, boy), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ringing	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 were	xcomp
4	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ringing	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 rang	nsubj
6	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bells	acl:relcl
7	alternately	alternately	ADV	_	6 rang	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 came	advmod
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 were	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 drummers	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 drummers	amod
14	drummers	drummer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 came	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 beat	nsubj
16	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 drummers	acl:relcl
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tattoo	nmod:poss
18	tattoo	tattoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beat	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 circle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 circle	det
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 circle	compound
22	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beat	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 made	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 made	cc
25	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 made	nsubj:pass
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 made	aux:pass
27	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 were	advcl
28	with	with	ADP	_	29 those	case
29	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	27 made	obl
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 write	nsubj
31	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 those	acl:relcl
32	without	without	SCONJ	_	33 putting	mark
33	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 write	advcl
34	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 names	nmod:poss
35	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 putting	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 means	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 means	nsubj
38	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 means	advmod
39	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 names	parataxis
40	as	as	ADV	_	41 much	advmod
41	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 means	obj
42	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 using	mark
43	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 much	advcl
44	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 using	obj
45	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	48 blacking	case
46	of	of	ADP	_	45 instead	fixed
47	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 blacking	compound
48	blacking	blacking	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 using	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 beadle	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 was	cc
51	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 was	advmod
52	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	53 was	expl
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 beadle	cop
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 beadle	det
55	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	parataxis
56	with	with	ADP	_	58 boy	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 boy	nmod:poss
58	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 beadle	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 worst	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 worst	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 boy	det
62	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 worst	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 worst	cop
64	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	55 beadle	conj
65	off	off	ADP	_	64 worst	compound:prt
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 gets	punct
67	for	for	ADP	_	69 general	case
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 general	case
69	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 gets	obl
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 gets	nsubj
71	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 worst	conj
72	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	73 notice	det
73	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 gets	obj
74	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	73 notice	acl
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 him	case
76	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 taken	obl
77	;	;	PUNCT	_	83 was	punct
78	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	83 was	advmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 then	punct
80	too	too	ADV	_	83 was	advmod
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 too	punct
82	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	83 was	expl
83	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 sweeper	cop
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 sweeper	det
85	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 sweeper	amod
86	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 sweeper	compound
87	sweeper	sweeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 gets	obl
88	with	with	ADP	_	90 cart	case
89	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 cart	nmod:poss
90	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 sweeper	nmod
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 turns	punct
92	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	93 turns	nsubj
93	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	87 sweeper	parataxis
94	over	over	ADP	_	98 bin	case
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 bin	det
96	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 bin	compound
97	-	-	PUNCT	_	96 dust	punct
98	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 turns	obl
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 calls	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 calls	cc
101	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 turns	conj
102	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	101 calls	obj
103	'	'	PUNCT	_	102 it	punct
104	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	101 calls	xcomp
105	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 good	punct
106	very	very	ADV	_	107 good	advmod
107	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 good	conj
108	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 good	punct
109	remarkably	remarkably	ADV	_	110 good	advmod
110	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 good	conj
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	55 beadle	punct
112	'	'	PUNCT	_	55 beadle	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past			there			tree rules
2	ring	gerund		bells				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme
3	ring	past	bells				alternately property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	come	past		the little drummers		then		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drummer=Theme
5	beat	present	the little drummers	drummers's tattoo			in the family circle	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent tattoo=Patient in circle=Topic
6	make	past · passive		acquaintance			with those	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
7	write	present						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	put	gerund		drummers's names				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal
9	mean	present	drummers's names	much	here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic
10	use	gerund	drummers's names not said here	grease			instead patent blacking	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grease=Patient
11	is a	past		the beadle			with Half's boy	tree rules
12	is	past	the boy				bad property	tree rules
13	get	present	boy	no notice			for general	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent notice=Theme for general=Source
14	take	participle		no notice not said here			of Half	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of he=Initial_Location
15	is a	past		the good street sweeper			with Half's cart	tree rules
16	turn	present	the good street sweeper		the dust bin			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over bin=Trajectory
17	call	present	the good street sweeper not said here	notice			good property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
18	tattoo		drummers = drummer					nom tattoo «communication transitive»: poss=agent
19	name		drummers = drummer					nom name «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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