Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 3, sentence 37

As the executioner seized her by the hand, to lift her out of the cart, she hastily threw the eleven coats of mail over the swans, and they immediately became eleven handsome princes; but the youngest had a swan's wing, instead of an arm; for she had not been able to finish the last sleeve of the coat.

Who acts: swan, pieces, youngest · What happens: seize, lift, throw, become, have, not be · To what, where: swan, cart, eleven coats, swans, eleven handsome princes, wing

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (swan, pieces, youngest), 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	As	as	ADP	_	3 executioner	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 executioner	det
3	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seized	obl
4	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seized	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seized	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lift	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 lift	mark
11	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 seized	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lift	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 cart	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 cart	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cart	det
16	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lift	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 threw	punct
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 threw	nsubj
19	hastily	hastily	ADV	_	20 threw	advmod
20	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seized	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 coats	det
22	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 coats	nummod
23	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 threw	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 mail	case
25	mail	mail	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 coats	nmod
26	over	over	ADP	_	28 swans	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 swans	det
28	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 threw	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 became	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 became	cc
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 became	nsubj
32	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	33 became	advmod
33	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 threw	conj
34	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 princes	nummod
35	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 princes	amod
36	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 became	xcomp
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 had	punct
38	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 had	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 youngest	det
40	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	41 had	nsubj
41	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seized	conj
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 swan	det
43	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 wing	nmod:poss
44	's	's	PART	_	43 swan	case
45	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 arm	punct
47	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	50 arm	case
48	of	of	ADP	_	47 instead	fixed
49	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 arm	det
50	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 able	punct
52	for	for	SCONJ	_	57 able	mark
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 able	nsubj
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 able	aux
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	57 able	advmod
56	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	57 able	cop
57	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seized	conj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 finish	mark
59	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 able	xcomp
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 sleeve	det
61	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 sleeve	amod
62	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 finish	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 coat	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 coat	det
65	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 sleeve	nmod
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	past		swan		as the executioner; by the hand	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	lift	to-infinitive		swan	the cart		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out cart=Destination
3	throw	past	swan	the eleven coats of mail	the swans	hastily property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent coat=Theme over swan=Destination
4	become	past	pieces = piece	eleven handsome princes		immediately property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	have	past	the youngest	a swan's wing		instead a arm	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
6	not is	past · perfect	swan			able property	tree rules
7	finish	to-infinitive	swan not said here	the last sleeve of the coat			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sleeve=Eventuality

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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