Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Happy Family, sentence 15

The little one would not grow, for he was only a common snail; but the old people, particularly the mother-snail, declared that she could easily see how he grew; and when the father said he could not perceive it, she begged him to feel the little snail's shell, and he did so, and found that the mother was right.

Who acts: little one, castle, old people, forest, father, mother · What happens: not grow, be, declare, see, grow, say · To what, where: dish, castle, shell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Happy Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little one, castle, old people, forest), 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	3 one	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 grow	advmod
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 snail	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	14 snail	case
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 snail	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 snail	cop
11	only	only	ADV	_	14 snail	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 snail	det
13	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 snail	amod
14	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grow	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 declared	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 declared	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 people	det
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 declared	nsubj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 snail	punct
21	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	25 snail	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 snail	det
23	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 snail	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 mother	punct
25	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 people	appos
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 snail	punct
27	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	parataxis
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 see	mark
29	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 see	nsubj
30	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 see	aux
31	easily	easily	ADV	_	32 see	advmod
32	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 declared	ccomp
33	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	35 grew	advmod
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 grew	nsubj
35	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 see	advcl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 said	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 said	cc
38	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	41 said	advmod
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 father	det
40	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 said	nsubj
41	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grow	parataxis
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 perceive	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 perceive	aux
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 perceive	advmod
45	perceive	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 said	ccomp
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 perceive	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 begged	punct
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 begged	nsubj
49	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 said	conj
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 begged	obj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 feel	mark
52	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 begged	xcomp
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 snail	det
54	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 snail	amod
55	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 shell	nmod:poss
56	's	's	PART	_	55 snail	case
57	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 feel	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 did	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 did	cc
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 did	nsubj
61	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 begged	conj
62	so	so	ADV	_	61 did	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 found	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 found	cc
65	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 did	conj
66	that	that	SCONJ	_	70 right	mark
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 mother	det
68	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 right	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 right	cop
70	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 found	ccomp
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 grow	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not grow	would	the little one				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	castle			for a common snail	tree rules
3	declare speech: other	past	the old people				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	see	could	forest			easily property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	grow	past	castle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	say speech: assert	past	the father				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	not perceive	could	castle	dish			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
8	beg speech: request	past	forest		castle		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
9	feel not said to happen	to-infinitive	forest not said here	the little snail's shell			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme
10	do	past	castle				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	find	past	castle not said here				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
12	is	past	the mother			right 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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