Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Wind, sentence 54

The builder was a man of low origin, but possessing great pride; his eyes and forehead spoke of large intellect, and Waldemar Daa was fond of listening to him, and so was Waldemar's daughter Ida, the eldest, now about fifteen years old; and while he was building the ship for the father, he was building for himself a castle in the air, in which he and Ida were to live when they were married.

Who acts: builder, man, eyes, Waldemar, pride · What happens: be, possess, speak, listen, build, live · To what, where: man, great pride, pride, Ida, ship, castle · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (builder, man, eyes, Waldemar), 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 builder	det
2	builder	builder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 origin	case
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 origin	amod
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 possessing	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 possessing	cc
11	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pride	amod
13	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 possessing	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 spoke	punct
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 eyes	nmod:poss
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 spoke	nsubj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forehead	cc
18	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eyes	conj
19	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 intellect	case
21	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 intellect	amod
22	intellect	intellect	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 spoke	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 fond	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 fond	cc
25	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 fond	nsubj
26	Daa	Daa	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Waldemar	flat
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 fond	cop
28	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 spoke	conj
29	of	of	SCONJ	_	30 listening	mark
30	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 fond	advcl
31	to	to	ADP	_	32 him	case
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 listening	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Ida	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 Ida	cc
35	so	so	ADV	_	40 Ida	advmod
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 Ida	cop
37	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 daughter	nmod:poss
38	's	's	PART	_	37 Waldemar	case
39	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 Ida	nmod:desc
40	Ida	Ida	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 listening	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 eldest	punct
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 eldest	det
43	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	40 Ida	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 old	punct
45	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	49 old	advmod
46	about	about	ADV	_	47 fifteen	advmod
47	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 years	nummod
48	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 old	obl:unmarked
49	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 eldest	conj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 building	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 building	cc
52	while	while	SCONJ	_	55 building	mark
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 building	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 building	aux
55	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	64 building	advcl
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 ship	det
57	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 building	obj
58	for	for	ADP	_	60 father	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 father	det
60	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 building	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 building	punct
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 building	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 building	aux
64	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 spoke	advcl
65	for	for	ADP	_	66 himself	case
66	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	64 building	obl
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 castle	det
68	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 building	obj
69	in	in	ADP	_	71 air	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 air	det
71	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 castle	nmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 live	punct
73	in	in	ADP	_	74 which	case
74	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 live	obl
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 live	nsubj
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 Ida	cc
77	Ida	Ida	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 he	conj
78	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 live	aux
79	to	to	PART	_	80 live	mark
80	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 building	advcl
81	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	84 married	advmod
82	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 married	nsubj:pass
83	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 married	aux:pass
84	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	80 live	advcl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the builder	a man			of low origin	tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a man not said here	great pride				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pride=Theme
3	speak speech: other	past	pride's eyes and forehead	a man not said here			of large intellect	tree rules
4	is	past	Waldemar				fond property	tree rules
5	listen	gerund	Waldemar not said here		pride			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme
6	is a	past		Ida			Waldemar's daughter nmod:desc; the eldest nmod	tree rules
7	build	past · progressive	pride	the ship			for the father	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ship=Material for father=Beneficiary
8	build	past · progressive	pride	a castle		the air	for pride	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent castle=Product for himself=Asset
9	live	past	pride					vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location
10	marry	past · passive		eyes = eye				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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