Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 14

The dog-chain used to reach in those days quite over the gateway; through the tower one went into a paved passage which led to the rooms; the windows were narrow, and the panes were small, even in the great hall where the dancing used to be; but in the time of the last Grubbe, there had been no dancing in the hall within the memory of man, although an old drum still lay there that had served as part of the music.

Who acts: dog chain, paved passage, windows, panes, dancing, old drum · What happens: use, reach, go, pave, lead, be · To what, where: dog chain, gateway, paved passage, great hall, dancing, hall

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog chain, paved passage, windows, panes), 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	4 chain	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chain	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 dog	punct
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	nsubj
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chain	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reach	mark
7	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 days	det
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reach	obl
11	quite	quite	ADV	_	14 gateway	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 gateway	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gateway	det
14	gateway	gateway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reach	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 tower	punct
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 tower	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tower	det
18	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	nsubj
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 tower	flat
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	into	into	ADP	_	24 passage	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 passage	det
23	paved	pave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 passage	amod
24	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	obl
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 led	nsubj
26	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 passage	acl:relcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 rooms	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 rooms	det
29	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 led	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 narrow	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 windows	det
32	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 narrow	nsubj
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 narrow	cop
34	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 went	advcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 small	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 small	cc
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 panes	det
38	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 small	nsubj
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 small	cop
40	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 narrow	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 hall	punct
42	even	even	ADV	_	46 hall	advmod
43	in	in	ADP	_	46 hall	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 hall	det
45	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 hall	amod
46	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 small	obl
47	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	50 used	advmod
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 dancing	det
49	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 used	nsubj
50	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 hall	acl:relcl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 be	mark
52	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 used	xcomp
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	67 dancing	punct
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	67 dancing	cc
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 time	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 time	det
57	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 been	obl
58	of	of	ADP	_	61 Grubbe	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Grubbe	det
60	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 Grubbe	amod
61	Grubbe	Grubbe	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 time	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 time	punct
63	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	65 been	expl
64	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 been	aux
65	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	67 dancing	cop
66	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	67 dancing	det
67	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	obl
68	in	in	ADP	_	70 hall	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 hall	det
70	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 dancing	nmod
71	within	within	ADP	_	73 memory	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 memory	det
73	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	obl
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 man	case
75	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 memory	nmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 lay	punct
77	although	although	SCONJ	_	82 lay	mark
78	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 drum	det
79	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 drum	amod
80	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 lay	nsubj
81	still	still	ADV	_	82 lay	advmod
82	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 went	conj
83	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	82 lay	advmod
84	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 served	nsubj
85	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 served	aux
86	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	82 lay	ccomp
87	as	as	ADP	_	88 part	case
88	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 served	obl
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 music	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 music	det
91	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 part	nmod
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		the dog chain not said here				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reach	to-infinitive			the gateway	day		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent over gateway=Path
3	go	past	the dog chain		a paved passage		within the memory of man	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into passage=Initial_Location
4	pave	participle						vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
5	lead	past	a paved passage				to the rooms	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to room=Patient
6	is	past	the windows				narrow property	tree rules
7	is	past	the panes		the great hall		small property	tree rules
8	use	past	the dancing					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	be	to-infinitive	the dancing not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	is a	participle		no dancing	the hall			tree rules
11	lie	past	a old drum		there	still		tree rules
12	serve	past · perfect	that				as part of the music	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as part=Attribute

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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