Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1, sentence 46

This was an ever-memorable event, and was always told over and over again every year by the General, who, moreover, always repeated the remarkable words he had used when he returned his sword to the Prince; those words were, "Only my subaltern could have taken your Highness prisoner; I could never have done it!"

Who acts: This, General, memorable event · What happens: be, tell, repeat, use, return, take · To what, where: memorable event, General, remarkable words, sword, Prince, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, General, memorable event), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 event	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 event	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 event	det
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 memorable	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 ever	punct
6	memorable	memorable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 event	amod
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 told	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 told	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 told	aux:pass
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 told	advmod
12	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 event	parataxis
13	over	over	ADV	_	12 told	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 over	cc
15	over	over	ADV	_	13 over	conj
16	again	again	ADV	_	12 told	advmod
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	obl:unmarked
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 General	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 General	det
21	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 told	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 repeated	punct
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 repeated	nsubj:pass
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 moreover	punct
25	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	28 repeated	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 repeated	punct
27	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	28 repeated	advmod
28	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 General	acl:relcl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 words	det
30	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 words	amod
31	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 repeated	obj
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 used	nsubj
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 used	aux
34	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 words	acl:relcl
35	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 returned	advmod
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 returned	nsubj
37	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 used	advcl
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 sword	nmod:poss
39	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 returned	obj
40	to	to	ADP	_	42 Prince	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Prince	det
42	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 returned	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 taken	punct
44	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	45 words	det
45	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 taken	nsubj:pass
46	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 taken	aux:pass
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 taken	punct
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	54 taken	punct
49	Only	only	ADV	_	51 subaltern	advmod
50	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 subaltern	nmod:poss
51	subaltern	subaltern	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 taken	nsubj:pass
52	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 taken	aux
53	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	54 taken	aux
54	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 event	acl
55	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 prisoner	nmod:poss
56	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 prisoner	compound
57	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 taken	obj
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 done	punct
59	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 done	nsubj
60	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 done	aux
61	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	63 done	advmod
62	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 done	aux
63	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 event	parataxis
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 done	obj
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	63 done	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	63 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	This	a memorable event				tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive	the General			again; year	always, over property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	repeat	participle · passive		the General			always, moreover property	tree rules
4	use	past · perfect	General	the remarkable words not said here				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
5	return	past	General	General's sword	the Prince			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme to prince=Destination
6	take in a quote	could · past · perfect · passive	a memorable event not said here	that words				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme prisoner=Destination
7	not do in a quote	could · perfect	the General = general	subaltern				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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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