Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield, sentence 37

The barber's shield, the great brazen dish, was carried away, and hurled straight into the embrasure of the councillor of justice; and the whole neighborhood said this looked almost like malice, inasmuch as they, and nearly all the friends of the councillor's wife, used to call that lady "the Razor" for she was so sharp that she knew more about other people's business than they knew about it themselves.

Who acts: whole neighborhood, this, neighborhood, malice · What happens: carry away, hurl, say, look, use, call · To what, where: shield, embrasure, malice, lady, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole neighborhood, this, neighborhood, malice), 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	2 barber	det
2	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shield	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 barber	case
4	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carried	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dish	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dish	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dish	amod
8	brazen	brazen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dish	amod
9	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shield	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shield	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	aux:pass
12	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 carried	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hurled	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hurled	cc
16	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 carried	conj
17	straight	straight	ADV	_	20 embrasure	advmod
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 embrasure	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 embrasure	det
20	embrasure	embrasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hurled	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 councillor	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 councillor	det
23	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 embrasure	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 justice	case
25	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 councillor	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 said	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 said	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 neighborhood	det
29	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 neighborhood	amod
30	neighborhood	neighborhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 said	nsubj
31	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 carried	conj
32	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 looked	nsubj
33	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 said	ccomp
34	almost	almost	ADV	_	36 malice	advmod
35	like	like	ADP	_	36 malice	case
36	malice	malice	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 looked	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 inasmuch	punct
38	inasmuch	inasmuch	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 malice	conj
39	as	as	ADP	_	40 they	case
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 looked	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 friends	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 friends	cc
43	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	44 all	advmod
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 friends	det:predet
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 friends	det
46	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 carried	conj
47	of	of	ADP	_	51 wife	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 councillor	det
49	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 wife	nmod:poss
50	's	's	PART	_	49 councillor	case
51	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 friends	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 used	punct
53	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 friends	conj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 call	mark
55	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 used	xcomp
56	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	57 lady	det
57	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 call	obj
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	60 Razor	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 Razor	det
60	Razor	Razor	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 lady	appos
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	60 Razor	punct
62	for	for	SCONJ	_	66 sharp	mark
63	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 sharp	nsubj
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 sharp	cop
65	so	so	ADV	_	66 sharp	advmod
66	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 call	advcl
67	that	that	SCONJ	_	69 knew	mark
68	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 knew	nsubj
69	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 sharp	advcl
70	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	69 knew	obj
71	about	about	ADP	_	75 business	case
72	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 people	amod
73	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 business	nmod:poss
74	's	's	PART	_	73 people	case
75	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 more	obl
76	than	than	SCONJ	_	78 knew	mark
77	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 knew	nsubj
78	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 knew	advcl
79	about	about	ADP	_	80 it	case
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 knew	obl
81	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	78 knew	obl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 carried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	carry away	past · passive		the barber's shield and the great brazen dish		away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	hurl	participle		the embrasure of the councillor of justice			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embrasure=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	the whole neighborhood				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	look	past	this	malice and inasmuch		as malice	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme malice=Attribute
5	use	participle					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	call	to-infinitive			that lady		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient
7	is	past	neighborhood			sharp property	tree rules
8	know	past	neighborhood	more			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
9	know	past	malice	malice		about shield	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus

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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