Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Wind, sentence 51

Far in the interior of the wood, where a noisy swarm of laborers were working, stood Waldemar Daa and his three daughters, and all were laughing at the wild cries of the birds, excepting one, the youngest, Anna Dorothea, who felt grieved to the heart; and when they made preparations to fell a tree that was almost dead, and on whose naked branches the black stork had built her nest, she saw the poor little things stretching out their necks, and she begged for mercy for them, with the tears in her eyes.

Who acts: noisy swarm, all, Anna, birds, tree, stork · What happens: work, stand, laugh, except, feel, grieve · To what, where: Waldemar, wild cries, one, preparations, tree, black stork

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (noisy swarm, all, Anna, birds), 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	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 stood	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 interior	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interior	det
4	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Far	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interior	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 working	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 working	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 swarm	det
11	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 swarm	amod
12	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 working	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 laborers	case
14	laborers	laborer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 swarm	nmod
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 working	aux
16	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wood	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Far	punct
18	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 stood	obj
20	Daa	Daa	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Waldemar	flat
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 daughters	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 daughters	nmod:poss
23	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 daughters	nummod
24	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 Waldemar	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 laughing	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 laughing	cc
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 laughing	nsubj
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 laughing	aux
29	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 stood	advcl
30	at	at	ADP	_	33 cries	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 cries	det
32	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 cries	amod
33	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 laughing	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 birds	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 birds	det
36	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 cries	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 excepting	punct
38	excepting	except	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 laughing	advcl
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 excepting	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 youngest	punct
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 youngest	det
42	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	39 one	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Anna	punct
44	Anna	Anna	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 youngest	obl
45	Dorothea	Dorothea	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Anna	flat
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 felt	punct
47	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 felt	nsubj
48	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 Anna	acl:relcl
49	grieved	grieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 felt	xcomp
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 heart	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 heart	det
52	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 grieved	obl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 made	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 made	cc
55	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	57 made	advmod
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 made	nsubj
57	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stood	parataxis
58	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 made	obj
59	to	to	PART	_	60 fell	mark
60	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 made	advcl
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 tree	det
62	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 fell	obj
63	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 dead	nsubj
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 dead	cop
65	almost	almost	ADV	_	66 dead	advmod
66	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 tree	acl:relcl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 built	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 built	cc
69	on	on	ADP	_	72 branches	case
70	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	72 branches	nmod:poss
71	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 branches	amod
72	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 built	obl
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 stork	det
74	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 stork	amod
75	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 built	nsubj:pass
76	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 built	aux
77	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 made	advcl
78	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	79 nest	nmod:poss
79	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 built	obj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 saw	punct
81	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 saw	nsubj
82	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stood	parataxis
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 things	det
84	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 things	amod
85	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 things	amod
86	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 saw	obj
87	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	86 things	acl
88	out	out	ADP	_	87 stretching	compound:prt
89	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 necks	nmod:poss
90	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 stretching	obj
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 begged	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 begged	cc
93	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 begged	nsubj
94	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stood	conj
95	for	for	ADP	_	96 mercy	case
96	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 begged	obl
97	for	for	ADP	_	98 them	case
98	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 begged	obl
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 tears	punct
100	with	with	ADP	_	102 tears	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 tears	det
102	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 begged	obl
103	in	in	ADP	_	105 eyes	case
104	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	105 eyes	nmod:poss
105	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 tears	nmod
106	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	work	past · progressive	a noisy swarm of laborers				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stand	past		Waldemar and swarm's three daughters		far property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer waldemar=Stimulus
3	laugh	past · progressive	all		the wild cries of the birds		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	except	gerund	all not said here	one the youngest			tree rules
5	feel	past	Anna				vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	grieve	participle	Anna not said here			to the heart	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7	make	past	birds = bird	preparations			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset preparation=Product
8	fall	past	birds = bird not said here	a tree			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient tree=Result
9	is	past	a tree			almost, dead property	tree rules
10	build	past · perfect · passive		the black stork	naked branches		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary nest=Product
11	see	past	stork	the poor little things			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
12	stretch out	gerund	the poor little things not said here	trees's necks			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient
13	beg speech: request	past	stork			for mercy; for trees = tree; with the tears in stork's eyes	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic
14	cry		the birds				nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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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