Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Swineherd, sentence 61

The swineherd--that is to say, the prince--but they did not know otherwise than that he was a real swineherd--did not waste a single day without doing something; he made a rattle, which, when turned quickly round, played all the waltzes, galops, and polkas known since the creation of the world.

Who acts: swineherd, piggies, prince, waltzes · What happens: be, not know, not waste, do, make, turn · To what, where: real swineherd, something, rattle, waltzes, polkas, world

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (swineherd, piggies, prince, waltzes), 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 swineherd	det
2	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
3	--	--	PUNCT	_	2 swineherd	punct
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 say	nsubj:outer
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prince	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj
11	--	--	PUNCT	_	16 know	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 know	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 know	nsubj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 know	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 know	advmod
16	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 say	parataxis
17	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	16 know	advmod
18	than	than	ADP	_	17 otherwise	fixed
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 swineherd	mark
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 swineherd	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 swineherd	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 swineherd	det
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 swineherd	amod
24	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 know	conj
25	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 waste	punct
26	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 waste	aux
27	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 waste	advmod
28	waste	waste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 swineherd	parataxis
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 day	det
30	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 day	amod
31	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 waste	obj
32	without	without	SCONJ	_	33 doing	mark
33	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 waste	advcl
34	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	33 doing	obj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 made	punct
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 made	nsubj
37	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	advcl
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 rattle	det
39	rattle	rattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 made	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 turned	punct
41	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 turned	nsubj:pass
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 turned	punct
43	when	when	SCONJ	_	44 turned	mark
44	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 rattle	acl:relcl
45	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	46 round	advmod
46	round	round	ADV	_	44 turned	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 played	punct
48	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 made	conj
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 waltzes	det:predet
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 waltzes	det
51	waltzes	waltz	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 played	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 galops	punct
53	galops	galop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 waltzes	acl:relcl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 polkas	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 polkas	cc
56	polkas	polka	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 made	obl
57	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 polkas	acl
58	since	since	ADP	_	60 creation	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 creation	det
60	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 known	obl
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 world	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 world	det
63	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 creation	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the swineherd			say property	tree rules
2	not know	past · do-support	piggies = piggy			otherwise property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	prince	a real swineherd			tree rules
4	not waste	past · do-support			day		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	do	gerund		something			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
6	make	past	prince	a rattle		polkas obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rattle=Product
7	turn	participle · passive		a rattle		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
8	play	past	prince not said here	all waltzes			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waltz=Theme
9	galop	present	all waltzes not said here				tree rules
10	know	participle		polkas not said here	since the creation of the world		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	create			the world			nom creation «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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