Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What Happened to the Counsellor, sentence 113

He became at last desperate; and when one of them said he was tipsy, he did not doubt the man's word in the least--only begged them to get a droschky; and then they thought he was speaking the Muscovite language.

Who acts: Counsellor, one, maids, man · What happens: become, say, be, not doubt, beg, get · To what, where: last desperate, word, least, maids, droschky, Muscovite language · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, What Happened to the Counsellor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Counsellor, one, maids, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 desperate	case
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 desperate	amod
5	desperate	desperate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 one	advmod
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 said	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 one	nmod
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tipsy	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 tipsy	cop
15	tipsy	tipsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 said	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 doubt	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 doubt	nsubj
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 doubt	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 doubt	advmod
20	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 tipsy	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 man	det
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 word	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 man	case
24	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 doubt	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 least	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 least	det
27	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 doubt	obl
28	--	--	PUNCT	_	30 begged	punct
29	only	only	ADV	_	30 begged	advmod
30	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 doubt	conj
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 begged	obj
32	to	to	PART	_	33 get	mark
33	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 begged	advcl
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 droschky	det
35	droschky	droschky	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 get	obj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 thought	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 thought	cc
38	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	40 thought	advmod
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 thought	nsubj
40	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 speaking	nsubj
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 speaking	aux
43	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 thought	ccomp
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 language	det
45	Muscovite	Muscovite	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 language	compound
46	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 speaking	obj
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Counsellor			last desperate			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	one of maids						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Counsellor					tipsy property	tree rules
4	not doubt	past · do-support	Counsellor	the man's word		the least			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
5	beg speech: request	past	Counsellor not said here		maids = maid				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
6	get	to-infinitive	Counsellor not said here	a droschky					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer droschky=Stimulus
7	think speech: other	past	maids = maid				then		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
8	speak speech: other	past · progressive	Counsellor	the Muscovite language					tree rules
9	word		the man						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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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