Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman, sentence 205

They usually rode through the atmosphere on their own back hair, which is fastened into a knot, for they love a hard seat; but now they sat sideways on the wild hunting dogs, took the young Will-o'-the-Wisps in their laps, who wanted to go into the town to mislead and entice mortals, and, whisk! away they were.

Who acts: youngsters, laps, whisk · What happens: rode, fasten, love, sit, take, want · To what, where: atmosphere, own back hair, hard seat, young, whisk, town

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngsters, laps, whisk), 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	3 rode	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 rode	advmod
3	rode	rode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 atmosphere	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 atmosphere	det
6	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 hair	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hair	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hair	amod
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hair	compound
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fastened	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 fastened	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fastened	aux:pass
15	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 hair	acl:relcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 knot	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 knot	det
18	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fastened	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 love	punct
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	22 love	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 love	nsubj
22	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rode	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 seat	det
24	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 seat	amod
25	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 love	obj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 sat	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 sat	cc
28	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	30 sat	advmod
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 sat	nsubj
30	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rode	parataxis
31	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	30 sat	advmod
32	on	on	ADP	_	36 dogs	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 dogs	det
34	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 dogs	amod
35	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 dogs	compound
36	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 sat	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 took	punct
38	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 sat	conj
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 young	det
40	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 took	obj
41	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 '	aux
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	44 '	punct
43	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	44 '	case
44	'	'	PUNCT	_	38 took	punct
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 Wisps	punct
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Wisps	det
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 the	punct
48	Wisps	wisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 '	conj
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 laps	case
50	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 laps	nmod:poss
51	laps	lap	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 Wisps	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 wanted	punct
53	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 wanted	nsubj
54	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 laps	acl:relcl
55	to	to	PART	_	56 go	mark
56	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 wanted	xcomp
57	into	into	ADP	_	59 town	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 town	det
59	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 go	obl
60	to	to	PART	_	61 mislead	mark
61	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 go	advcl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 entice	cc
63	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 mislead	conj
64	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 entice	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 whisk	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 whisk	cc
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 whisk	punct
68	whisk	whisk	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 wanted	obl
69	!	!	PUNCT	_	70 away	punct
70	away	away	ADV	_	3 rode	advmod
71	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 were	nsubj
72	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 away	advcl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rode	present	youngsters = youngster		the atmosphere		on youngsters's own back hair; away, usually property	tree rules
2	fasten	present · passive		youngsters's own back hair			into a knot	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient into knot=Co-Patient
3	love	present	youngsters = youngster	a hard seat				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seat=Stimulus
4	sit	past	youngsters = youngster			now	on the wild hunting dogs; sideways property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on dog=Location
5	take	past	youngsters = youngster not said here	the young				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Theme
6	want	past	youngsters's laps	whisk				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	whisk not said here		the town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial_Location
8	mislead	to-infinitive	whisk not said here					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	entice	infinitive	whisk not said here	mortals				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mortal=Experiencer
10	be	past	youngsters = youngster					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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