Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 97

But when a man, simply because he is of noble birth and possesses a genealogy, stands on his hind legs and neighs in the street like an Arabian horse, and says when a commoner has been in a room: 'Some people from the street have been here,' there nobility is decaying; it has become a mask of the kind that Thespis created, and it is amusing when such a person is exposed in satire."

Who acts: widow, man, commoner, people, nobility, Thespis · What happens: be, possess, stand, neigh, say, decay · To what, where: genealogy, hind legs, street, room, mask, kind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (widow, man, commoner, people), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	18 stands	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 possesses	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 possesses	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 birth	punct
6	simply	simply	ADV	_	12 birth	advmod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 birth	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 birth	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 birth	cop
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 birth	case
11	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 birth	amod
12	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 possesses	cc
14	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 stands	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 genealogy	det
16	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 possesses	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stands	punct
18	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 legs	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 legs	nmod:poss
21	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 legs	amod
22	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 stands	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 neighs	cc
24	neighs	neigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 stands	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 street	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 street	det
27	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 neighs	obl
28	like	like	ADP	_	31 horse	case
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 horse	det
30	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 horse	amod
31	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 street	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 says	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 says	cc
34	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 stands	conj
35	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	42 room	advmod
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 commoner	det
37	commoner	commoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 room	nsubj
38	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 room	aux
39	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 room	cop
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 room	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 room	det
42	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 says	ccomp
43	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 people	punct
44	'	'	PUNCT	_	46 people	punct
45	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	46 people	det
46	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 here	nsubj
47	from	from	ADP	_	49 street	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 street	det
49	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 people	nmod
50	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 here	aux
51	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	52 here	cop
52	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 room	parataxis
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 decaying	punct
54	'	'	PUNCT	_	58 decaying	punct
55	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	58 decaying	expl
56	nobility	nobility	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 decaying	nsubj
57	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	58 decaying	aux
58	decaying	decay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 room	conj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 become	punct
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 become	nsubj
61	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 become	aux
62	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 stands	parataxis
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 mask	det
64	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 become	xcomp
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 kind	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 kind	det
67	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 mask	nmod
68	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 created	obj
69	Thespis	Thespis	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 created	nsubj
70	created	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 kind	acl:relcl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 amusing	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 amusing	cc
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 amusing	nsubj
74	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 amusing	cop
75	amusing	amusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 become	parataxis
76	when	when	SCONJ	_	81 exposed	mark
77	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	79 person	det:predet
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 person	det
79	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 exposed	nsubj:pass
80	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 exposed	aux:pass
81	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	75 amusing	advcl
82	in	in	ADP	_	83 satire	case
83	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 exposed	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 stands	punct
85	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 stands	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	widow			of noble birth; simply property	tree rules
2	possess	present	a man and noble birth	a genealogy			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot genealogy=Theme
3	stand	present			widow's hind legs		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location
4	neigh	present			the street like a Arabian horse		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	say speech: assert	present					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is	present · perfect	a commoner		a room		tree rules
7	is	present · perfect	some people from the street			here property	tree rules
8	decay	present · progressive	nobility		there		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	become	present · perfect	Nobility	a mask of the kind			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
10	create	past	Thespis	the kind			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Result
11	is	present	Nobility			amusing property	tree rules
12	expose	present · passive		such person	satire		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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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