Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 170

There was one stepping along, proud of his purse; another, of the key he carried behind him, though he had nothing to lock up; another took a pride in his moth-eaten coat; and another, in his mortified body. "

Who acts: key, aeronaut, another · What happens: step, be, have, lock up, take, eat · To what, where: nothing, pride, eaten coat

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (key, aeronaut, another), 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 was	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 carried	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 was	nsubj
4	stepping	step	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 one	acl
5	along	along	ADV	_	4 stepping	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proud	punct
7	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 was	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 purse	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 purse	nmod:poss
10	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proud	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 carried	punct
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 key	det
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 key	punct
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 key	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 key	det
16	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carried	nsubj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 carried	nsubj
18	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	behind	behind	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 carried	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 had	punct
22	though	though	SCONJ	_	24 had	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 had	nsubj
24	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 carried	conj
25	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	24 had	obj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 lock	mark
27	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 nothing	acl
28	up	up	ADP	_	27 lock	compound:prt
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 took	punct
30	another	another	PRON	PronType=Ind	31 took	nsubj
31	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 carried	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 pride	det
33	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 took	obj
34	in	in	ADP	_	39 coat	case
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 coat	nmod:poss
36	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 eaten	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 moth	punct
38	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 coat	amod
39	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 took	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 another	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 another	cc
42	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	18 carried	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 body	punct
44	in	in	ADP	_	47 body	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 body	nmod:poss
46	mortified	mortify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 body	amod
47	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carried	obj
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 body	punct
49	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 body	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	step	gerund				along property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	another key			behind aeronaut; carry property	tree rules
3	have	past	aeronaut	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	lock up	to-infinitive	aeronaut not said here	nothing not said here			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	take	past	another	a pride	aeronaut's eaten coat		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pride=Value in coat=Location
6	eat	participle					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	mortify	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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