Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1, sentence 51

The sentries presented arms to him, one of the most beautiful girls presented arms to him, and became the General's lady, and in time they had a pretty, charming child, that seemed as if it had dropped from heaven, it was so pretty; and the porter's son danced before it in the courtyard, as soon as it could understand it, and gave her all his colored pictures, and little Emily looked at them, and was pleased, and tore them to pieces.

Who acts: sentries, one, child, son, little Emily · What happens: present, become, have, charm, seem, drop · To what, where: arms, war, lady, pretty, child, heaven

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 (sentries, one, child, son), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sentries	det
2	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 presented	nsubj
3	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 presented	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 presented	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 presented	punct
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 presented	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 girls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girls	det
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 beautiful	advmod
12	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girls	amod
13	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 one	nmod
14	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	conj
15	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 presented	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 presented	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 became	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 became	cc
20	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 General	det
22	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 lady	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 General	case
24	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 became	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 had	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 had	cc
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 time	case
28	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 had	obl
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 had	nsubj
30	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	parataxis
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 pretty	det
32	pretty	pretty	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 had	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 charming	punct
34	charming	charm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 had	advcl
35	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 charming	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 seemed	punct
37	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 seemed	nsubj
38	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 child	acl:relcl
39	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 dropped	mark
40	if	if	SCONJ	_	43 dropped	mark
41	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 dropped	nsubj:pass
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 dropped	aux
43	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 seemed	xcomp
44	from	from	ADP	_	45 heaven	case
45	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 dropped	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 pretty	punct
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 pretty	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 pretty	cop
49	so	so	ADV	_	50 pretty	advmod
50	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	30 had	advmod
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 danced	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 danced	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 porter	det
54	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 son	nmod:poss
55	's	's	PART	_	54 porter	case
56	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 danced	nsubj
57	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	parataxis
58	before	before	ADP	_	59 it	case
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 danced	obl
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 courtyard	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 courtyard	det
62	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 danced	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 soon	punct
64	as	as	ADV	_	65 soon	advmod
65	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	57 danced	advmod
66	as	as	SCONJ	_	69 understand	mark
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 understand	nsubj
68	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	69 understand	aux
69	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 soon	advcl
70	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 understand	obj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 gave	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 gave	cc
73	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 danced	conj
74	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 gave	iobj
75	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	78 pictures	det:predet
76	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 pictures	nmod:poss
77	colored	color	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	78 pictures	amod
78	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 gave	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 looked	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 looked	cc
81	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 Emily	amod
82	Emily	Emily	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 looked	nsubj
83	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 danced	conj
84	at	at	ADP	_	85 them	case
85	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 looked	obl
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 pleased	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 pleased	cc
88	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 pleased	cop
89	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 looked	conj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 tore	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 tore	cc
92	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 danced	conj
93	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 tore	obj
94	to	to	ADP	_	95 pieces	case
95	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 tore	obl
96	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 presented	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	past	the sentries	arms	war				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arm=Theme to he=Recipient
2	present	past	one of the beautiful girls	arms	war				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arm=Theme to he=Recipient
3	become	past	the sentries not said here	the General's lady					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	have	past	sentries = sentry	a pretty			time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pretty=Patient
5	charm	gerund	sentries = sentry not said here	child					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
6	seem	past	child						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
7	drop a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		child		heaven			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from heaven=Destination
8	is	past	child					pretty property	tree rules
9	dance	past	the porter's son			the courtyard	before child	soon property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before it=Location
10	understand	could	child	pretty					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
11	give	past	the porter's son not said here	war's colored pictures	lady				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient picture=Theme
12	color	participle							vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
13	look	past	little Emily					at sentries = sentry	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme
14	is	past	little Emily not said here					pleased property	tree rules
15	tore	past	the porter's son not said here	sentries = sentry				to pieces	tree rules

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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