Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Thistle's Experiences, sentence 23

The Thistle told this event to every blossom that unfolded itself, and not many days had gone by before the Thistle heard, not from men, not from the twittering of the birds, but from the air itself, which stores up the sounds, and carries them far around--out of the most retired walks of the garden, and out of the rooms of the house, in which doors and windows stood open, that the young gentleman who had received the thistle-flower from the hand of the fair Scottish maiden had also now received the heart and hand of the lady in question.

Who acts: Thistle, blossom, many days, doors, young gentleman, fair Scottish maiden · What happens: tell, unfold, go, hear, store up, carry · To what, where: event, men, sounds, air, young gentleman, rooms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Thistle's Experiences. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thistle, blossom, many days, doors), 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 Thistle	det
2	Thistle	Thistle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 event	det
5	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	iobj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 blossom	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 blossom	det
8	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 unfolded	nsubj
10	unfolded	unfold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 blossom	acl:relcl
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 unfolded	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gone	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gone	cc
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 many	advmod
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 gone	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 gone	aux
18	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 told	parataxis
19	by	by	SCONJ	_	23 heard	mark
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	23 heard	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Thistle	det
22	Thistle	Thistle	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 heard	nsubj
23	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 gone	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 men	punct
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 men	advmod
26	from	from	ADP	_	27 men	case
27	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 heard	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 twittering	punct
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 twittering	advmod
30	from	from	ADP	_	32 twittering	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 twittering	det
32	twittering	twittering	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 heard	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 birds	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 birds	det
35	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 twittering	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 stores	punct
37	but	but	CCONJ	_	44 stores	cc
38	from	from	ADP	_	40 air	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 air	det
40	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stores	obl
41	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	40 air	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 stores	punct
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 stores	nsubj
44	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
45	up	up	ADP	_	44 stores	compound:prt
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 sounds	det
47	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 stores	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 carries	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 carries	cc
50	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	parataxis
51	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 carries	obj
52	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	53 around	advmod
53	around	around	ADV	_	50 carries	advmod
54	--	--	PUNCT	_	60 walks	punct
55	out	out	ADP	_	60 walks	case
56	of	of	ADP	_	60 walks	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 walks	det
58	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	59 retired	advmod
59	retired	retired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 walks	amod
60	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 carries	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 garden	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 garden	det
63	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 walks	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 stood	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 stood	cc
66	out	out	ADP	_	69 rooms	case
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 rooms	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 rooms	det
69	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 stood	obl
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 house	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 house	det
72	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 rooms	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 stood	punct
74	in	in	ADP	_	75 which	case
75	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 stood	obl
76	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 stood	nsubj
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 windows	cc
78	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 doors	conj
79	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
80	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 stood	xcomp
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 gentleman	punct
82	that	that	SCONJ	_	85 gentleman	mark
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 gentleman	det
84	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 gentleman	amod
85	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 stood	obl
86	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	88 received	nsubj
87	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 received	aux
88	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	85 gentleman	acl:relcl
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 flower	det
90	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 flower	compound
91	-	-	PUNCT	_	90 thistle	punct
92	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 received	obj
93	from	from	ADP	_	95 hand	case
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 hand	det
95	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 received	obl
96	of	of	ADP	_	100 maiden	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 maiden	det
98	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 maiden	amod
99	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 maiden	amod
100	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 hand	nmod
101	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 maiden	acl
102	also	also	ADV	_	104 received	advmod
103	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	104 received	advmod
104	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	101 had	advcl
105	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	106 heart	det
106	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 received	obj
107	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 hand	cc
108	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 heart	conj
109	of	of	ADP	_	111 lady	case
110	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 lady	det
111	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 hand	nmod
112	in	in	ADP	_	113 question	case
113	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 lady	nmod
114	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Thistle		this event			to every blossom	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent event=Topic to blossom=Recipient
2	unfold	past	every blossom	event					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient
3	go	past · perfect	many days						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hear	past	the Thistle	men					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
5	store up	present		the sounds		the air air			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
6	carry	present		sounds = sound				around property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme they=Beneficiary walk=Value
7	stand	past	doors and windows	the young gentleman		the rooms of the house		open property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out room=Location
8	receive	past · perfect	the young gentleman	the thistle flower		the hand of the fair Scottish maiden			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flower=Theme from hand=Source
9	have	past	the fair Scottish maiden not said here						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	receive	past	the fair Scottish maiden not said here	the heart and hand of the lady in question			now		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme
11	walk			the garden					nom walk «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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