Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 64

He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could see it all; they could see the saw-mills going, the men-servants and the maidens singing songs, and dancing a rattling dance,--when all at once the old goblin gave the old elfin maiden a kiss, such a tremendous kiss, and yet they were almost strangers to each other.

Who acts: Father, those, bells, saw mills, men, maidens · What happens: describe, listen, see, go, servant, sing · To what, where: everything, foam, saw mills, songs, rattling dance, old elfin maiden

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, those, bells, saw mills), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 described	nsubj
2	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 described	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 clearly	advmod
5	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	2 described	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 see	mark
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 see	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 listened	nsubj
10	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 those	acl:relcl
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 described	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 see	obj
14	all	all	ADV	_	12 see	advmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 see	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 see	aux
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 described	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 mills	det
20	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 mills	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 saw	punct
22	mills	mill	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 see	obj
23	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 mills	acl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 servants	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 men	det
26	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 servants	nsubj
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 men	punct
28	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 see	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 maidens	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 maidens	det
31	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 servants	conj
32	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 maidens	acl
33	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 singing	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 dancing	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 dancing	cc
36	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 see	advcl
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 dance	det
38	rattling	rattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 dance	compound
39	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 dancing	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 all	punct
41	--	--	PUNCT	_	43 all	punct
42	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	43 all	advmod
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	36 dancing	obl
44	at	at	SCONJ	_	49 gave	mark
45	once	once	SCONJ	_	49 gave	mark
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 goblin	det
47	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 goblin	amod
48	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	nsubj
49	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 all	acl:relcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 maiden	det
51	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 maiden	amod
52	elfin	elfin	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 maiden	compound
53	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obj
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 kiss	det
55	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gave	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 kiss	punct
57	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	60 kiss	det:predet
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 kiss	det
59	tremendous	tremendous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 kiss	amod
60	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 kiss	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 strangers	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 strangers	cc
63	yet	yet	ADV	_	67 strangers	advmod
64	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 strangers	nsubj
65	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 strangers	cop
66	almost	almost	ADV	_	67 strangers	advmod
67	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 gave	iobj
68	to	to	ADP	_	69 each	case
69	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	67 strangers	obl
70	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 each	fixed
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 described	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	Father	everything		clearly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
2	listen	past					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	see	could	those	foam		all property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	see	could	bells = bell	the saw mills			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mill=Stimulus
5	go	gerund	the saw mills not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	servant		the men				tree rules
7	sing speech: express	gerund	the maidens not said here	songs			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
8	dance	gerund	bells = bell not said here	a rattling dance		all obl	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dance=Theme
9	give	past	the old goblin	the old elfin maiden			tree rules
10	is a	past	bells = bell	strangers	yet	to each; almost property	tree rules

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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