Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 61

But their father, the old goblin, was very different; he talked pleasantly about the stately Norwegian rocks, and told fine tales of the waterfalls which dashed over them with a clattering noise like thunder or the sound of an organ, spreading their white foam on every side.

Who acts: father, waterfalls · What happens: be, talk, tell, dash, spread · To what, where: fine tales, white foam, side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Elfin Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, waterfalls), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	11 different	cc
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 different	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 goblin	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 goblin	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goblin	amod
7	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 father	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 father	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 different	cop
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 different	advmod
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 talked	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 talked	nsubj
14	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 different	parataxis
15	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	14 talked	advmod
16	about	about	ADP	_	20 rocks	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rocks	det
18	stately	stately	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rocks	amod
19	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rocks	amod
20	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 talked	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 told	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 told	cc
23	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 talked	conj
24	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 tales	amod
25	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 told	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 waterfalls	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 waterfalls	det
28	waterfalls	waterfall	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 tales	nmod
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 dashed	nsubj
30	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 waterfalls	acl:relcl
31	over	over	ADP	_	32 them	case
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 dashed	obl
33	with	with	ADP	_	36 noise	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 noise	det
35	clattering	clattering	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 noise	compound
36	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 dashed	obl
37	like	like	ADP	_	38 thunder	case
38	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 noise	nmod
39	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 sound	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 sound	det
41	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 noise	conj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 organ	case
43	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 organ	det
44	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 sound	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 spreading	punct
46	spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 told	ccomp
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 foam	nmod:poss
48	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 foam	amod
49	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 spreading	obj
50	on	on	ADP	_	52 side	case
51	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	52 side	det
52	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 spreading	obl
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 different	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	folks's father and the old goblin			different property	tree rules
2	talk	past	Father			about the stately Norwegian rocks; pleasantly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rock=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past	Father not said here	fine tales of the waterfalls			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient clause=Topic
4	dash	past	the waterfalls			over folks = folk; with a clattering noise like thunder or the sound of a organ	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over they=Trajectory
5	spread	gerund		folks's white foam	every side		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foam=Theme on side=Destination
6	tell		the waterfalls				nom tale «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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