Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Great Grief, sentence 21

The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of the boys among them, a practical youngster of seven years, made the proposition that there should be an exhibition of Puggie's burial-place for all who lived in the lane; the price of admission was to be a trouser button, for every boy would be sure to have one, and each might also give one for a little girl.

Who acts: children, price, boy, each · What happens: dance, make, live, be, have, give · To what, where: grave, proposition, lane, trouser button, one, burial place

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Great Grief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, price, boy, each), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 danced	nsubj
3	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 grave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grave	det
6	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 danced	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eldest	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 eldest	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eldest	det
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 danced	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 boys	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boys	det
13	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eldest	obl
14	among	among	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 boys	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 youngster	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 youngster	det
18	practical	practical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 youngster	amod
19	youngster	youngster	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 boys	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 years	case
21	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 years	nummod
22	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 youngster	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 made	punct
24	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 danced	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 proposition	det
26	proposition	proposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 made	obj
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 be	nsubj
28	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	30 be	expl
29	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 be	aux
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 proposition	acl
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 exhibition	det
32	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 be	nsubj
33	of	of	ADP	_	38 place	case
34	Puggie	Puggie	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 place	nmod:poss
35	's	's	PART	_	34 Puggie	case
36	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 place	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 burial	punct
38	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 exhibition	nmod
39	for	for	ADP	_	40 all	case
40	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 place	nmod
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 lived	nsubj
42	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 all	acl:relcl
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 lane	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 lane	det
45	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 lived	obl
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 price	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 price	det
48	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 button	nsubj
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 admission	case
50	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 price	nmod
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 button	cop
52	to	to	PART	_	56 button	mark
53	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 button	cop
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 button	det
55	trouser	trouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 button	compound
56	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 danced	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 sure	punct
58	for	for	SCONJ	_	63 sure	mark
59	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	60 boy	det
60	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 sure	nsubj
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 sure	aux
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 sure	cop
63	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 danced	conj
64	to	to	PART	_	65 have	mark
65	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 sure	xcomp
66	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	65 have	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 give	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 give	cc
69	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	72 give	nsubj
70	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 give	aux
71	also	also	ADV	_	72 give	advmod
72	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 danced	conj
73	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	72 give	obj
74	for	for	ADP	_	77 girl	case
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 girl	det
76	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 girl	amod
77	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 give	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 danced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dance	past	the children		the grave		vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round grave=Trajectory
2	make	past	the children not said here	the proposition			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proposition=Product
3	live	past			the lane		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lane=Location
4	is a	past	the price of admission	a trouser button			tree rules
5	is	would	every boy			sure property	tree rules
6	have	to-infinitive	every boy not said here	one			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
7	give	might	each	one		for a little girl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme for girl=Asset
8	exhibit			Puggie's burial place for all			nom exhibition «act 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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