Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 6

They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers," which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of "the maiden."

Who acts: arms, news, Maidens, we · What happens: have, come, not be, call, be, know · To what, where: place, company, maidens, thing, maiden · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (arms, news, Maidens, we), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 place	nmod:poss
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 shovels	case
6	shovels	shovel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 place	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 carts	punct
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carts	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 hand	punct
10	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shovels	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wheelbarrows	punct
12	wheelbarrows	wheelbarrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shovels	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tapes	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tapes	cc
15	measuring	measuring	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tapes	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 measuring	punct
17	tapes	tape	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 place	conj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 come	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 come	cc
20	to	to	ADP	_	23 company	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 company	det:predet
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 company	det
23	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 come	obl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 news	det
25	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 come	nsubj
26	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 come	aux
27	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 had	parataxis
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 newest	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Maidens	det
30	Maidens	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Plur	52 newest	nsubj
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 longer	cop
32	no	no	ADV	_	33 longer	advmod
33	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	30 Maidens	advmod
34	to	to	PART	_	36 called	mark
35	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 called	aux:pass
36	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 Maidens	acl
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 maidens	punct
38	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 called	xcomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Maidens	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 Maidens	punct
41	but	but	CCONJ	_	45 rammers	cc
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	45 rammers	punct
43	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 rammers	compound
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 hand	punct
45	rammers	rammer	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 Maidens	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Maidens	punct
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 Maidens	punct
48	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	49 word	det
49	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Maidens	obj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 newest	cop
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 newest	det
52	newest	new	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 come	parataxis
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 designation	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 designation	det
55	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 designation	amod
56	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 designation	amod
57	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 newest	conj
58	among	among	ADP	_	60 pavers	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 pavers	det
60	pavers	paver	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 designation	nmod
61	for	for	ADP	_	63 thing	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 thing	det
63	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 pavers	nmod
64	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 know	nsubj
65	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	66 know	advmod
66	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 thing	acl:relcl
67	from	from	ADP	_	70 times	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 times	det
69	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 times	amod
70	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 know	obl
71	by	by	ADP	_	73 name	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 name	det
73	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 know	obl
74	of	of	ADP	_	77 maiden	case
75	"	"	PUNCT	_	77 maiden	punct
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 maiden	det
77	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 name	nmod
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	arms = arm	arms's place and measuring tapes			among shovels and hand carts and wheelbarrows	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
2	come	past · perfect	the news		all company			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to company=Initial_Location
3	not is	past					long property	tree rules
4	call	to-infinitive · passive	the Maidens but hand rammers not said here	maidens				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
5	is	past	the Maidens but hand rammers				new property	tree rules
6	know	present	we	the thing not said here		time	by the name of the maiden	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
7	name			the maiden				nom name «communication 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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