Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, An Old Story Told Anew, sentence 61

At last the turn came for that brother who knew the dictionary by heart; but he did not know it now; he had absolutely forgotten it altogether; and the boards seemed to re-echo with his footsteps, and the ceiling of the hall was made of looking-glass, so that he saw himself standing on his head; and at the window stood three clerks and a head clerk, and every one of them was writing down every single word that was uttered, so that it might be printed in the newspapers, and sold for a penny at the street corners.

Who acts: brother, heart, boards, one · What happens: come, know, not know, forget, seem, re-echo · To what, where: last turn, dictionary, ceiling, heart, head, three clerks

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, An Old Story Told Anew. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, heart, boards, one), 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	At	at	ADP	_	4 turn	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turn	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 turn	det
4	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 brother	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 brother	det
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 brother	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dictionary	det
12	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 heart	case
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 know	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 know	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 know	nsubj
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 know	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 know	advmod
20	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 know	obj
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 know	advmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 forgotten	punct
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 forgotten	nsubj
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 forgotten	aux
26	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	27 forgotten	advmod
27	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 came	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 forgotten	obj
29	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	27 forgotten	advmod
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 seemed	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 seemed	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 boards	det
33	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 seemed	nsubj
34	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	parataxis
35	to	to	PART	_	36 re-echo	mark
36	re-echo	re-echo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 seemed	xcomp
37	with	with	ADP	_	39 footsteps	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 footsteps	nmod:poss
39	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 re-echo	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 made	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 made	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 ceiling	det
43	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 made	nsubj:pass
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 hall	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 hall	det
46	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 ceiling	nmod
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 made	aux:pass
48	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 seemed	parataxis
49	of	of	SCONJ	_	50 looking	mark
50	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 glass	advcl
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 looking	punct
52	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 made	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 saw	punct
54	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	57 saw	mark
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 so	fixed
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 saw	nsubj
57	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 made	conj
58	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	57 saw	obj
59	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 saw	xcomp
60	on	on	ADP	_	62 head	case
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 head	nmod:poss
62	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 standing	obl
63	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 stood	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 stood	cc
65	at	at	ADP	_	67 window	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 window	det
67	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 stood	obl
68	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	parataxis
69	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 clerks	nummod
70	clerks	clerk	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 stood	obj
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 clerk	cc
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 clerk	det
73	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 clerk	compound
74	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 clerks	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 writing	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 writing	cc
77	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	78 one	det
78	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 writing	nsubj
79	of	of	ADP	_	80 them	case
80	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 one	nmod
81	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 writing	aux
82	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	68 stood	conj
83	down	down	ADP	_	82 writing	compound:prt
84	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	86 word	det
85	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 word	amod
86	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 writing	obj
87	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	89 uttered	nsubj
88	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 uttered	aux:pass
89	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	86 word	acl:relcl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 printed	punct
91	so	so	ADV	_	96 printed	advmod
92	that	that	SCONJ	_	96 printed	mark
93	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	96 printed	nsubj:pass
94	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	96 printed	aux
95	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	96 printed	aux:pass
96	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	82 writing	advcl
97	in	in	ADP	_	99 newspapers	case
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 newspapers	det
99	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	96 printed	obl
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 sold	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 sold	cc
102	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 came	conj
103	for	for	ADP	_	105 penny	case
104	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 penny	det
105	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 sold	obl
106	at	at	ADP	_	109 corners	case
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	109 corners	det
108	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 corners	compound
109	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 sold	obl
110	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past			the last turn		for that brother	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at turn=Location
2	know	past	that brother	the dictionary			by heart	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dictionary=Stimulus
3	not know	past · do-support	heart	dictionary		now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	forget	past · perfect	heart	dictionary			absolutely, altogether property	tree rules
5	seem	past	the boards					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
6	re-echo	to-infinitive	the boards not said here				with heart's footsteps	tree rules
7	make	past · passive		the ceiling of the hall				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary glass=Product
8	look	gerund						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
9	see	past	heart	heart				tree rules
10	stand	gerund	heart not said here		heart's head			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location
11	stand	past		three clerks and a head clerk	the window			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent clerk=Theme at window=Destination
12	write down	past · progressive	every one of clerks	every single word				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
13	utter speech: other	past · passive		every single word				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
14	print	might · passive		ceiling	the newspapers			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in newspaper=Destination
15	sell	participle			the street corners		for a penny	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for penny=Asset

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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