Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snowdrop, sentence 121

The eldest brother, he who fabricated bricks, soon discovered that each brick, when finished, brought him in a small coin, if only a copper one; and many copper pieces, if placed one upon another, can be changed into a shining shilling; and at whatever door a person knocks, who has a number of these in his hands, whether it be the baker's, the butcher's, or the tailor's, the door flies open, and he can get all he wants.

Who acts: eldest brother, many copper pieces, person, tailor, history · What happens: fabricate, discover, finish, bring, place, change · To what, where: bricks, brick, history, small coin, one, another

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest brother, many copper pieces, person, tailor), 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	3 brother	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fabricated	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 brother	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fabricated	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fabricated	nsubj
7	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fabricated	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 discovered	punct
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 discovered	advmod
11	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fabricated	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 brick	mark
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 brick	det
14	brick	brick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovered	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 finished	punct
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 finished	advmod
17	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 brick	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 brought	punct
19	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 discovered	parataxis
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 brought	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 coin	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 coin	det
23	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 coin	amod
24	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brought	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 one	punct
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	30 one	mark
27	only	only	ADV	_	30 one	advmod
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 one	det
29	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 one	compound
30	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brought	conj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 pieces	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 pieces	cc
33	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 pieces	amod
34	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 pieces	compound
35	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fabricated	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 placed	punct
37	if	if	SCONJ	_	38 placed	mark
38	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 pieces	acl:relcl
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 placed	obj
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	41 another	case
41	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	39 one	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 changed	punct
43	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 changed	aux
44	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	45 changed	aux:pass
45	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 pieces	conj
46	into	into	ADP	_	49 shilling	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 shilling	det
48	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	49 shilling	amod
49	shilling	shilling	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 changed	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 knocks	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 knocks	cc
52	at	at	ADP	_	54 door	case
53	whatever	whatever	DET	PronType=Int	54 door	det
54	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 knocks	obl
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 person	det
56	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 knocks	nsubj
57	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fabricated	parataxis
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 has	punct
59	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 has	nsubj
60	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 knocks	parataxis
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 number	det
62	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 has	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 these	case
64	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	62 number	nmod
65	in	in	ADP	_	67 hands	case
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 hands	nmod:poss
67	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 number	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 baker	punct
69	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	73 baker	mark
70	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 baker	nsubj
71	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	73 baker	cop
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 baker	det
73	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 has	obl
74	's	's	PART	_	73 baker	case
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 butcher	punct
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 butcher	det
77	butcher	butcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 has	conj
78	's	's	PART	_	77 butcher	case
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 flies	punct
80	or	or	CCONJ	_	87 flies	cc
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 tailor	det
82	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 flies	nsubj
83	's	's	PART	_	82 tailor	case
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 door	punct
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 door	det
86	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 tailor	conj
87	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 knocks	conj
88	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 flies	xcomp
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 get	punct
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 get	cc
91	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 get	nsubj
92	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	93 get	aux
93	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 knocks	conj
94	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	93 get	obj
95	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	96 wants	nsubj
96	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	94 all	acl:relcl
97	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fabricated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	fabricate	past	the eldest brother	bricks			many copper pieces obl	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Result
2	discover	past	the eldest brother not said here	each brick			soon property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Topic
3	finish	participle						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	bring	past			history	a small coin		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
5	place a condition, not said to happen	participle	many copper pieces not said here	one		another		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme upon another=Destination
6	change	can · passive	the eldest brother not said here				into a shining shilling result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into shilling=Result
7	shine	gerund						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	knock	present	a person				at whatever door	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient
9	have	present		a number of these		history's hands		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
10	is	infinitive	person				's the baker	tree rules
11	fly	present	the tailor and the door				open property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	get	can	history	all				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus
13	want	present	history					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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