Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 79

Crows and choughs, in great close masses, flew past over the tall chestnut trees, and chattered and screamed as if they had something very important to tell one another--as if they were saying, "Now she's come back again, the little girl who had their eggs and their young ones stolen from them; and as for the thief who had got them down, he had to climb up a leafless tree, for he sat on a tall ship's mast, and was beaten with a rope's end if he did not behave himself."

Who acts: Crows, something, glory, little girl, end · What happens: fly, chatter, scream, have, tell, say · To what, where: tall chestnut trees, something, one, eggs, young ones, trees · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Crows, something, glory, little girl), 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	Crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flew	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 choughs	cc
3	choughs	chough	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crows	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 masses	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 masses	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 masses	amod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 masses	amod
8	masses	mass	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crows	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Crows	punct
10	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	past	past	ADV	_	10 flew	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	16 trees	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 trees	det
14	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 trees	amod
15	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trees	compound
16	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flew	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 chattered	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 chattered	cc
19	chattered	chatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 flew	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 screamed	cc
21	screamed	scream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 chattered	conj
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 had	mark
23	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 had	mark
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 had	nsubj
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 screamed	advcl
26	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	25 had	obj
27	very	very	ADV	_	28 important	advmod
28	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 something	amod
29	to	to	PART	_	30 tell	mark
30	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 important	xcomp
31	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 tell	obj
32	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	31 one	fixed
33	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 saying	punct
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 saying	mark
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	38 saying	mark
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 saying	nsubj
37	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 saying	aux
38	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 chattered	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 come	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 come	punct
41	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	44 come	advmod
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 come	nsubj
43	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 come	aux
44	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 saying	ccomp
45	back	back	ADV	_	44 come	advmod
46	again	again	ADV	_	44 come	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 girl	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 girl	det
49	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 girl	amod
50	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 come	parataxis
51	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 had	nsubj
52	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 girl	acl:relcl
53	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 eggs	nmod:poss
54	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 had	obj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 ones	cc
56	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 ones	nmod:poss
57	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 ones	amod
58	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 eggs	conj
59	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 ones	acl
60	from	from	ADP	_	61 them	case
61	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 stolen	obl
62	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 got	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 got	cc
64	as	as	ADV	_	70 got	advmod
65	for	for	ADP	_	67 thief	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 thief	det
67	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 got	obl
68	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 got	nsubj
69	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 got	aux
70	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 flew	conj
71	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 got	obj
72	down	down	ADP	_	70 got	compound:prt
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 had	punct
74	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 had	nsubj
75	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 flew	conj
76	to	to	PART	_	77 climb	mark
77	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 had	xcomp
78	up	up	ADP	_	77 climb	compound:prt
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 tree	det
80	leafless	leafless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 tree	amod
81	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 climb	obj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 sat	punct
83	for	for	SCONJ	_	85 sat	mark
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 sat	nsubj
85	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 had	conj
86	on	on	ADP	_	91 mast	case
87	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 ship	det
88	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 ship	amod
89	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 mast	nmod:poss
90	's	's	PART	_	89 ship	case
91	mast	mast	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 sat	obl
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 beaten	punct
93	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 beaten	cc
94	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 beaten	aux:pass
95	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 flew	conj
96	with	with	ADP	_	100 end	case
97	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	98 rope	det
98	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 end	nmod:poss
99	's	's	PART	_	98 rope	case
100	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 beaten	obl
101	if	if	SCONJ	_	105 behave	mark
102	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 behave	nsubj
103	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 behave	aux
104	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	105 behave	advmod
105	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	95 beaten	advcl
106	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	105 behave	obj
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 flew	punct
108	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	Crows and choughs and great close masses		the tall chestnut trees		past property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over tree=Location
2	chatter	participle	Crows and choughs and great close masses not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	scream speech: express	participle	Crows and choughs and great close masses not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	Crows = crow	something				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
5	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	something not said here	one				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
6	say speech: assert	past · progressive	Crows = crow					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	come back in a quote	present	glory			now; again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	have in a quote	past	the little girl	trees's eggs and trees's young ones				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient
9	steal in a quote	participle		trees's young ones not said here			from trees = tree	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	get down in a quote	past · perfect		trees = tree			for the thief	tree rules
11	have in a quote	past	end					tree rules
12	climb up in a quote	to-infinitive	end not said here	a leafless tree				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
13	sit in a quote	past	end		a tall ship's mast			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mast=Location
14	beat in a quote	past · passive	Crows and choughs and great close masses not said here			with a rope's end		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with end=Theme
15	not behave a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past · do-support	end	end				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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