Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster, sentence 36

But after what he had seen, the goblin could no longer sit and listen quietly to the wisdom and understanding down stairs; so, as soon as the evening light glimmered in the garret, he took courage, for it seemed to him as if the rays of light were strong cables, drawing him up, and obliging him to go and peep through the keyhole; and, while there, a feeling of vastness came over him such as we experience by the ever-moving sea, when the storm breaks forth; and it brought tears into his eyes.

Who acts: huckster, goblin, it, rays, feeling, we · What happens: see, sit, listen, understand down, glimmer, take · To what, where: stairs, evening light, garret, courage, huckster, tears

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (huckster, goblin, it, rays), 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	_	13 sit	cc
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 seen	mark
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 seen	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 seen	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 sit	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seen	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goblin	det
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sit	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sit	aux
11	no	no	ADV	_	12 longer	advmod
12	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 sit	advmod
13	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 listen	cc
15	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sit	conj
16	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	15 listen	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 wisdom	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wisdom	det
19	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 listen	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 understanding	cc
21	understanding	understand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 wisdom	conj
22	down	down	ADP	_	21 understanding	compound:prt
23	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 understanding	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 soon	punct
25	so	so	ADV	_	28 soon	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 soon	punct
27	as	as	ADV	_	28 soon	advmod
28	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 sit	advmod
29	as	as	ADP	_	32 light	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 light	det
31	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 light	compound
32	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 soon	obl
33	glimmered	glimmer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 light	acl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 garret	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 garret	det
36	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 glimmered	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 took	punct
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 took	nsubj
39	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 soon	parataxis
40	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 took	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 seemed	punct
42	for	for	ADP	_	44 seemed	case
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 seemed	nsubj
44	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 took	conj
45	to	to	ADP	_	46 him	case
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 seemed	obl
47	as	as	ADP	_	55 cables	case
48	if	if	SCONJ	_	55 cables	mark
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 rays	det
50	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 cables	nsubj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 light	case
52	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 rays	nmod
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 cables	cop
54	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 cables	amod
55	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 seemed	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 drawing	punct
57	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 seemed	advcl
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 drawing	obj
59	up	up	ADP	_	57 drawing	compound:prt
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 obliging	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 obliging	cc
62	obliging	oblige	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 drawing	conj
63	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 obliging	obj
64	to	to	PART	_	65 go	mark
65	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 obliging	xcomp
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 peep	cc
67	peep	peep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 go	conj
68	through	through	ADP	_	70 keyhole	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 keyhole	det
70	keyhole	keyhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 peep	obl
71	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 came	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 there	cc
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 and	punct
74	while	while	SCONJ	_	75 there	mark
75	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	81 came	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 came	punct
77	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 feeling	det
78	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 came	nsubj
79	of	of	ADP	_	80 vastness	case
80	vastness	vastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 feeling	nmod
81	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 took	conj
82	over	over	ADP	_	83 him	case
83	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 came	obl
84	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	81 came	xcomp
85	as	as	SCONJ	_	87 experience	mark
86	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	87 experience	nsubj
87	experience	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 came	advcl
88	by	by	ADP	_	93 sea	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 sea	det
90	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	92 moving	advmod
91	-	-	PUNCT	_	90 ever	punct
92	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	93 sea	amod
93	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 experience	obl
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 breaks	punct
95	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	98 breaks	advmod
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 storm	det
97	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 breaks	nsubj
98	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	87 experience	conj
99	forth	forth	ADV	_	98 breaks	advmod
100	;	;	PUNCT	_	103 brought	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 brought	cc
102	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	103 brought	nsubj
103	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 took	conj
104	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	103 brought	obj
105	into	into	ADP	_	107 eyes	case
106	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	107 eyes	nmod:poss
107	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	103 brought	obl
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 sit	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	huckster						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
2	sit	could	the goblin					long, soon property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	listen	infinitive	the goblin not said here					to the wisdom; quietly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to wisdom=Theme
4	understand down	gerund	the goblin not said here	stairs					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stair=Stimulus
5	glimmer	participle		the evening light not said here		the garret			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garret=Location
6	take	past	huckster	courage					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme
7	seem	past	it		huckster				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
8	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the rays of light					as strong cables	tree rules
9	draw up	gerund		huckster					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	oblige	gerund		huckster					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
11	go	to-infinitive							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	peep	infinitive						through the keyhole	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through keyhole=Theme
13	come	past	a feeling of vastness			there		over huckster; such property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over he=Initial_Location
14	experience	present	we					by the moving sea	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
15	move	gerund					ever		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
16	break	present	the storm					forth property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
17	bring	past	storm	tears		huckster's eyes			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme into eye=Destination
18	ray			light					nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=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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