Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, By the Almshouse Window, sentence 12

Nor do they know anything of the Danish King who here, in the face of the coming foe, took an oath before all his trembling courtiers that he would hold out with the citizens of his capital, and die here in his nest; they know nothing of the men who have fought here, or of the women who from here have drenched with boiling water the enemy, clad in white, and 'biding in the snow to surprise the city.

Who acts: Nor, face, children, men · What happens: know, come, take, hold out, die, fight · To what, where: anything, oath, trembling courtiers, nothing, boiling water, white

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, By the Almshouse Window. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nor, face, children, men), 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	Nor	Nor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 know	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
8	Danish	Danish	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 King	compound
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 here	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 here	nsubj
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 anything	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 face	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 face	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 face	det
15	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 took	nsubj
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 foe	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 foe	det
18	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 foe	amod
19	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 face	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 took	punct
21	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	parataxis
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 oath	det
23	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 took	obj
24	before	before	ADP	_	28 courtiers	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 courtiers	det:predet
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 courtiers	nmod:poss
27	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 courtiers	compound
28	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 took	obl
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 hold	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 hold	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 hold	aux
32	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 took	advcl
33	out	out	ADP	_	32 hold	compound:prt
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 citizens	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 citizens	det
36	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 hold	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 capital	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 capital	nmod:poss
39	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 citizens	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 die	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 die	cc
42	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 know	conj
43	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 die	advmod
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 nest	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 nest	nmod:poss
46	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 die	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 know	punct
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 know	nsubj
49	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	parataxis
50	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	49 know	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 men	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 men	det
53	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 nothing	nmod
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 fought	nsubj
55	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 fought	aux
56	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 men	acl:relcl
57	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	56 fought	advmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 drenched	punct
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	67 drenched	cc
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 women	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 women	det
62	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 drenched	obl
63	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 drenched	nsubj:pass
64	from	from	ADP	_	65 here	case
65	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	63 who	obl
66	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 drenched	aux
67	drenched	drench	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 know	conj
68	with	with	ADP	_	70 water	case
69	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 water	compound
70	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 drenched	obl
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 enemy	det
72	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 water	conj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 clad	punct
74	clad	clad	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 water	acl
75	in	in	ADP	_	76 white	case
76	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 clad	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 biding	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 biding	cc
79	'	'	PUNCT	_	80 biding	punct
80	biding	bide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 drenched	advcl
81	in	in	ADP	_	83 snow	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 snow	det
83	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 biding	obl
84	to	to	PART	_	85 surprise	mark
85	surprise	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 biding	advcl
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 city	det
87	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 surprise	obj
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	present · do-support	Nor	anything			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
2	come	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take	past	the face of the coming foe	a oath	face's trembling courtiers		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oath=Theme before courtier=Destination
4	hold out	would	Nor			with the citizens of face's capital	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	die	infinitive	Nor not said here		here	in face's nest	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in nest=Attribute
6	know	present	children = child	nothing			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
7	fight	present · perfect	the men		here		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	drench	present · perfect · passive				of the women; with boiling water and the enemy	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with water=Theme
9	clad	participle		boiling water and the enemy not said here	white		tree rules
10	bide	gerund			the snow		tree rules
11	surprise	to-infinitive		the city			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus city=Experiencer

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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