Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinder-box, sentence 65

If he struck the flint once, the dog who sat on the chest of copper money made his appearance; if twice, the dog came from the chest of silver; and if three times, the dog with eyes like towers, who watched over the gold.

Who acts: soldier, dog, copper money, towers · What happens: strike, sit, make, come, watch · To what, where: flint, chest, appearance, gold

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Tinder-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, dog, copper money, towers), 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 struck	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flint	det
5	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 struck	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dog	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sat	nsubj
11	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dog	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 chest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chest	det
14	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sat	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 money	case
16	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 money	compound
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chest	nmod
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 money	acl
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 appearance	nmod:poss
20	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	obj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 came	punct
22	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 twice	mark
23	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	27 came	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 twice	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 dog	det
26	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 came	nsubj
27	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	conj
28	from	from	ADP	_	30 chest	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 chest	det
30	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 came	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 silver	case
32	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 chest	nmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 times	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 times	cc
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	37 times	mark
36	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 times	nummod
37	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obl:unmarked
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 dog	punct
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 dog	det
40	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 times	appos
41	with	with	ADP	_	42 eyes	case
42	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 dog	nmod
43	like	like	ADP	_	44 towers	case
44	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 eyes	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 watched	punct
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 watched	nsubj
47	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 towers	acl:relcl
48	over	over	ADP	_	50 gold	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 gold	det
50	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 watched	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 struck	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	soldier	the flint		time	the dog obl; once property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flint=Patient
2	sit	past	the dog		the chest of copper money			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chest=Location
3	make	participle	copper money not said here	soldier's appearance				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product
4	come	past	the dog		the chest of silver			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from chest=Initial_Location
5	watch	past	towers		the gold			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over gold=Location

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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