Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Third Visit, sentence 52

He had his lord high constable executed, and he could execute him, right or wrong; but he had the innocent children of the constable, one seven and the other eight years old, placed under the scaffold so that the warm blood of their father spurted over them, and then he had them sent to the Bastille, and shut up in iron cages, where not even a coverlet was given them to protect them from the cold.

Who acts: trait · What happens: have, execute, place, spurt, send, shut up · To what, where: lord high constable, Louis, innocent children, scaffold, father, Bastille

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Third Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trait), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 constable	nmod:poss
4	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constable	compound
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 constable	amod
6	constable	constable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
7	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 constable	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 execute	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 execute	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 execute	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 execute	aux
12	execute	execute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 execute	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 execute	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 wrong	cc
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 right	conj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 had	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 had	cc
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 had	nsubj
21	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 children	det
23	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 children	amod
24	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 had	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 constable	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 constable	det
27	constable	constable	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 children	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 seven	punct
29	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 seven	compound
30	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 had	parataxis
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 old	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 years	det
33	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 years	amod
34	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 years	nummod
35	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 old	obl:unmarked
36	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 seven	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 placed	punct
38	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 old	conj
39	under	under	ADP	_	41 scaffold	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 scaffold	det
41	scaffold	scaffold	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 placed	obl
42	so	so	SCONJ	_	46 blood	case
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 so	fixed
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 blood	det
45	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 blood	amod
46	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 placed	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 father	case
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 father	nmod:poss
49	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 blood	nmod
50	spurted	spurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 father	acl
51	over	over	ADP	_	52 them	case
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 spurted	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 sent	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 sent	cc
55	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 had	advmod
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 had	nsubj
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 sent	aux
58	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 had	obj
59	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 had	parataxis
60	to	to	ADP	_	62 Bastille	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 Bastille	det
62	Bastille	Bastille	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 sent	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 shut	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 shut	cc
65	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	59 sent	conj
66	up	up	ADP	_	65 shut	compound:prt
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 cages	case
68	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 cages	compound
69	cages	cage	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 shut	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 given	punct
71	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	77 given	advmod
72	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	75 coverlet	advmod
73	even	even	ADV	_	75 coverlet	advmod
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 coverlet	det
75	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 given	nsubj:pass
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 given	aux:pass
77	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 shut	conj
78	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 given	obj
79	to	to	PART	_	80 protect	mark
80	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 given	advcl
81	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 protect	obj
82	from	from	ADP	_	84 cold	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 cold	det
84	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 protect	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	trait	trait's lord high constable				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constable=Patient
2	execute	participle		trait's lord high constable not said here				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	execute	could	trait	Louis				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	have	past	trait	the innocent children of the constable				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
5	place	participle	trait not said here			the scaffold	so the warm blood of children's father	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under scaffold=Destination
6	spurt	participle		children's father not said here			over children = child	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over they=Destination
7	send	past · perfect			the Bastille			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to bastille=Destination
8	shut up	participle				iron cages		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	give	past · passive		a coverlet				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme
10	protect	to-infinitive		children = child			from the cold	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary from cold=Theme

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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