Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2, sentence 55

Wait a bit," said he, and he placed the orb under his arm, so that he could offer the other hand to John; but when he found that John was another suitor, he began to weep so violently, that both the sceptre and the orb fell to the floor, and he was obliged to wipe his eyes with his dressing gown.

Who acts: John, sceptre · What happens: wait, say, place, offer, find, be · To what, where: bit, orb, arm, other hand, John, suitor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, sceptre), 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 placed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 placed	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 placed	nsubj
11	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 orb	det
13	orb	orb	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	obj
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 arm	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 arm	nmod:poss
16	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 offer	punct
18	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	22 offer	mark
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 so	fixed
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 offer	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 offer	aux
22	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 placed	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 hand	det
24	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 hand	amod
25	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 offer	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 John	case
27	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 offer	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 began	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	40 began	cc
30	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	32 found	advmod
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 found	nsubj
32	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 began	advcl
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 suitor	mark
34	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 suitor	nsubj
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 suitor	cop
36	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	37 suitor	det
37	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 found	ccomp
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 found	punct
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 began	nsubj
40	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	parataxis
41	to	to	PART	_	42 weep	mark
42	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 began	xcomp
43	so	so	ADV	_	44 violently	advmod
44	violently	violently	ADV	_	42 weep	advmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 fell	punct
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 fell	mark
47	both	both	CCONJ	_	49 sceptre	cc:preconj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 sceptre	det
49	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 fell	nsubj
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 orb	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 orb	det
52	orb	orb	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 sceptre	conj
53	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 began	parataxis
54	to	to	ADP	_	56 floor	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 floor	det
56	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 fell	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 obliged	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 obliged	cc
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 obliged	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 obliged	aux:pass
61	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 fell	conj
62	to	to	PART	_	63 wipe	mark
63	wipe	wipe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 obliged	xcomp
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 eyes	nmod:poss
65	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 wipe	obj
66	with	with	ADP	_	69 gown	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 gown	nmod:poss
68	dressing	dressing	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 gown	compound
69	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 wipe	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	infinitive		a bit				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	John					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	place in a quote	past	John	the orb		John's arm		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent orb=Theme under arm=Destination
4	offer in a quote	could	John	the other hand	John			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to john=Goal
5	find in a quote	past	John					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	is a in a quote	past	John	another suitor				tree rules
7	begin in a quote	past	John					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	weep in a quote	to-infinitive	John not said here				violently property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	fall in a quote	past	the sceptre and the orb				to the floor	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme
10	oblige in a quote	past · passive		John				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
11	wipe in a quote	to-infinitive		John's eyes			with John's dressing gown	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source

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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