Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 13

But the Wheelbarrow was of a different opinion; and the Wheelbarrow was looked upon as of some consequence, for he considered himself a quarter of a coach, because he went about upon one wheel.

Who acts: Wheelbarrow, name · What happens: be, look, consider, go about · To what, where: Wheelbarrow, name

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Two Maidens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wheelbarrow, name), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	8 opinion	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wheelbarrow	det
3	Wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opinion	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 opinion	cop
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 opinion	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 opinion	det
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 opinion	amod
8	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 looked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 looked	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Wheelbarrow	det
12	Wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 looked	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 looked	aux:pass
14	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 opinion	parataxis
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 consequence	case
16	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	19 consequence	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 as	fixed
18	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	19 consequence	det
19	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 looked	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 considered	punct
21	for	for	SCONJ	_	23 considered	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 considered	nsubj
23	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 looked	parataxis
24	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	23 considered	obj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 quarter	det
26	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 considered	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 coach	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 coach	det
29	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 quarter	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 went	punct
31	because	because	SCONJ	_	33 went	mark
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 went	nsubj
33	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 considered	conj
34	about	about	ADV	_	33 went	advmod
35	upon	upon	ADP	_	37 wheel	case
36	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 wheel	nummod
37	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 went	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 opinion	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Wheelbarrow		of a different opinion	tree rules
2	look	past · passive		the Wheelbarrow	upon some consequence	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
3	consider	past	name	name		vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme quarter=Attribute
4	go about	past	name		upon one wheel; about property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=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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