Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Darning-needle, sentence 37

The one who stood first in the rank was named the thumb, he was short and thick, and had only one joint in his back, and could therefore make but one bow; but he said that if he were cut off from a man's hand, that man would be unfit for a soldier.

Who acts: one, knot, man · What happens: stand, name, be, have, make, say · To what, where: rank, one joint, back, knot, hand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Darning-needle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, knot, man), 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 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 said	ccomp
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 stood	advmod
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 named	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rank	det
8	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 named	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 named	aux:pass
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stood	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thumb	det
12	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 named	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 short	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 short	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 short	cop
16	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 named	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 thick	cc
18	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 short	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 had	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 had	cc
21	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	parataxis
22	only	only	ADV	_	23 one	advmod
23	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 joint	nummod
24	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 had	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 back	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 back	nmod:poss
27	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 had	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 make	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 make	cc
30	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 make	aux
31	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	32 make	advmod
32	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 had	parataxis
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 bow	cc
34	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 bow	nummod
35	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 make	conj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 said	punct
37	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 said	cc
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 said	nsubj
39	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 cut	mark
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	44 cut	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 cut	nsubj
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 cut	aux:pass
44	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 said	ccomp
45	off	off	ADP	_	44 cut	compound:prt
46	from	from	ADP	_	50 hand	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 man	det
48	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 hand	nmod:poss
49	's	's	PART	_	48 man	case
50	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 cut	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 unfit	punct
52	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 man	det
53	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 unfit	nsubj
54	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 unfit	aux
55	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 unfit	cop
56	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 cut	conj
57	for	for	ADP	_	59 soldier	case
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 soldier	det
59	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 unfit	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	39 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the one			first property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name	past · passive		the rank			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme thumb=Attribute
3	is	past	knot			short property	tree rules
4	be		knot not said here				tree rules
5	have	past		one joint	knot's back		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joint=Patient
6	make	could				therefore property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
7	say speech: assert	past	knot				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	cut off a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		knot	a man's hand		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from hand=Initial_Location
9	is	would	that man			for a soldier; unfit property	tree rules

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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