Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 54

"They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to the princess herself, who was sitting on a pearl as large as a spinning wheel, and all the ladies of the court were present with their maids, and all the cavaliers with their servants; and each of the maids had another maid to wait upon her, and the cavaliers' servants had their own servants, as well as a page each.

Who acts: boots, crow, Kay, princess, ladies, cavaliers · What happens: creak, say, go, sit, spin, be · To what, where: pearl, maid, own servants · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boots, crow, Kay, princess), 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	_	5 creak	punct
2	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 creak	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 creak	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 creak	aux
5	creak	creak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 creak	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 creak	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crow	det
10	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 went	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 went	punct
13	yet	yet	ADV	_	15 went	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 went	nsubj
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
16	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 went	advmod
17	up	up	ADP	_	20 princess	case
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 princess	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 princess	det
20	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 went	obl
21	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 princess	nmod:unmarked
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sitting	punct
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 sitting	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 sitting	aux
25	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 princess	acl
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 pearl	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 pearl	det
28	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 sitting	obl
29	as	as	ADV	_	30 large	advmod
30	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 pearl	amod
31	as	as	ADP	_	34 wheel	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 wheel	det
33	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	34 wheel	amod
34	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 large	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 present	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 present	cc
37	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	39 ladies	det:predet
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 ladies	det
39	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 present	nsubj
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 court	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 court	det
42	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 ladies	nmod
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 present	cop
44	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 said	parataxis
45	with	with	ADP	_	47 maids	case
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 maids	nmod:poss
47	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 present	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 had	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 had	cc
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	52 cavaliers	det:predet
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 cavaliers	det
52	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 had	nsubj
53	with	with	ADP	_	55 servants	case
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 servants	nmod:poss
55	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 cavaliers	nmod
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 each	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 each	cc
58	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	52 cavaliers	appos
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 maids	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 maids	det
61	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 each	nmod
62	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
63	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	64 maid	det
64	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 had	obj
65	to	to	PART	_	66 wait	mark
66	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 had	xcomp
67	upon	upon	ADP	_	68 her	case
68	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 wait	obl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 had	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 had	cc
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 cavaliers	det
72	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 servants	nmod:poss
73	'	's	PART	_	72 cavaliers	case
74	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 had	nsubj
75	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	conj
76	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 servants	nmod:poss
77	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 servants	amod
78	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 had	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 page	punct
80	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	84 page	cc
81	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	80 as	fixed
82	as	as	ADP	_	80 as	fixed
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	84 page	det
84	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 had	obl
85	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	84 page	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creak in a quote	past · do-support	boots = boot					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the crow					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go in a quote	past	Kay			yet	up the princess princess; boldly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up princess=Initial_Location
4	sit in a quote	past · progressive	the princess princess		a pearl			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pearl=Location
5	spin in a quote	gerund						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	is in a quote	past	all ladies of the court				with boots's maids; present property	tree rules
7	have in a quote	past	all cavaliers with boots's servants	another maid				tree rules
8	wait in a quote	to-infinitive	another maid not said here				upon princess	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location
9	have in a quote	past	the cavaliers's servants	boots's own servants			a page each obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=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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