Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield, sentence 5

The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the youngest lads carried the "welcome," and the chest of the workmen's guild, and their shirt-sleeves were adorned with red and white ribbons; the elder ones carried drawn swords, each with a lemon stuck on its point.

Who acts: youngest lads, elder ones, shield · What happens: wave, fro, display, carry, adorn, draw · To what, where: silken flag, welcome, shirt sleeves, drawn swords, lemon, point

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 (youngest lads, elder ones, shield), 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 flag	det
2	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flag	amod
3	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 displayed	nsubj:pass
4	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 flag	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 waved	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fro	cc
7	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waved	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shield	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 shield	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shield	det
11	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flag	conj
12	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	11 shield	nmod:unmarked
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 eagle	det
14	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eagle	amod
15	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 displayed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 displayed	aux:pass
17	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 boot	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 boot	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 boot	det
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 boot	amod
22	boot	boot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 displayed	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 carried	punct
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 lads	det
25	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	26 lads	amod
26	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 carried	nsubj
27	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 displayed	parataxis
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 welcome	det
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 welcome	punct
30	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 carried	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 carried	punct
32	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 carried	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 chest	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 chest	det
35	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 carried	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	40 guild	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 workmen	det
38	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 guild	nmod:poss
39	's	's	PART	_	38 workmen	case
40	guild	guild	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 chest	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 adorned	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 adorned	cc
43	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 sleeves	nmod:poss
44	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 sleeves	compound
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	44 shirt	punct
46	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 adorned	nsubj
47	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 adorned	aux:pass
48	adorned	adorn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 carried	conj
49	with	with	ADP	_	53 ribbons	case
50	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 ribbons	amod
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 white	cc
52	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 red	conj
53	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 adorned	obl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 carried	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 ones	det
56	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 ones	amod
57	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 carried	nsubj
58	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 displayed	conj
59	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 swords	amod
60	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 carried	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 each	punct
62	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	58 carried	obl
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 lemon	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 lemon	det
65	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 carried	obl
66	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 lemon	acl
67	on	on	ADP	_	69 point	case
68	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 point	nmod:poss
69	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 stuck	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 displayed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wave	participle		the silken flag and the shield shield not said here			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fro	infinitive					tree rules
3	display	past · passive		the silken flag and the shield shield		a big boot obl	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	carry	past	the youngest lads	the welcome			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welcome=Theme
5	adorn	past · passive		lads's shirt sleeves		with red ribbons	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with ribbon=Theme
6	carry	past	the elder ones	drawn swords		with a lemon; each obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
7	draw	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	stick	participle		a lemon not said here	shield's point		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on point=Destination
9	point		shield				nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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