Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3, sentence 79

"Father-let me come!" he said, and he glanced at Martin and across the waves; every oar bent with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave came towards them, and he saw his father's pale face, and dared not obey the evil impulse that had shot through his brain.

Who acts: Father, oar · What happens: let, come, say, glance, bend, see · To what, where: father, oar, pale face, evil impulse, brain, rowers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Father, oar), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct
2	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Father	punct
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 glanced	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 glanced	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 glanced	nsubj
14	glanced	glance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 Martin	case
16	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 glanced	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 waves	cc
18	across	across	ADP	_	20 waves	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 waves	det
20	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 Martin	conj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 came	punct
22	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	23 oar	det
23	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 came	nsubj
24	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 oar	acl
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 exertions	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 exertions	det
27	exertions	exertion	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 bent	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 rowers	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 rowers	det
30	rowers	rower	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 exertions	nmod
31	as	as	ADP	_	34 wave	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 wave	det
33	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 wave	amod
34	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 rowers	nmod
35	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	conj
36	towards	towards	ADP	_	37 them	case
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 came	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 saw	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 saw	cc
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 saw	nsubj
41	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	parataxis
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 father	nmod:poss
43	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 face	nmod:poss
44	's	's	PART	_	43 father	case
45	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 face	amod
46	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 saw	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 dared	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 dared	cc
49	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 saw	conj
50	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 dared	advmod
51	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 dared	xcomp
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 impulse	det
53	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 impulse	amod
54	impulse	impulse	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 obey	obj
55	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 shot	nsubj:pass
56	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 shot	aux
57	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 impulse	acl:relcl
58	through	through	ADP	_	60 brain	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 brain	nmod:poss
60	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 shot	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	infinitive	Father	father			tree rules
2	come in a quote	infinitive	father not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: express	past	father				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	glance	past	father			at Martin and the waves	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at martin=Theme
5	bend	participle		every oar not said here		with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	come	past	every oar			towards rowers = rower	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial_Location
7	see	past	father	father's father's pale face			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
8	not dare	past	father not said here				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	not obey	infinitive	father not said here	the evil impulse			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impulse=Theme
10	shoot	past · perfect · passive		the evil impulse	father's brain		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through brain=Destination
11	exert			the rowers as the great wave			nom exertion «act transitive»: of=patient

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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