Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 13

The old grandfather told the little boy a great deal about Danish men and women who had distinguished themselves in olden times, so that he fancied he knew as much even as Holger Danske himself, who, after all, could only dream; and when the little fellow went to bed, he thought so much about it that he actually pressed his chin against the counterpane, and imagined that he had a long beard which had become rooted to it.

Who acts: old grandfather, Danish men, grandfather, Holger Danske, little fellow, fellow · What happens: tell, distinguish, fancy, know, dream, go · To what, where: great deal, little boy, women, bed, chin, long beard · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Holger Danske. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old grandfather, Danish men, grandfather, Holger Danske), 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 grandfather	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grandfather	amod
3	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 deal	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 deal	amod
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 men	case
12	Danish	danish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 men	amod
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deal	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 women	cc
15	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 men	conj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 distinguished	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 distinguished	aux
18	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 men	acl:relcl
19	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 distinguished	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 times	case
21	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 times	amod
22	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 distinguished	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fancied	punct
24	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	27 fancied	mark
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 so	fixed
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 fancied	nsubj
27	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 knew	nsubj
29	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 fancied	parataxis
30	as	as	ADV	_	31 much	advmod
31	much	much	ADV	_	29 knew	advmod
32	even	even	ADV	_	35 Danske	advmod
33	as	as	ADP	_	35 Danske	case
34	Holger	Holger	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Danske	compound
35	Danske	Danske	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 knew	obl
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	35 Danske	nmod:unmarked
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 dream	punct
38	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 dream	nsubj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 dream	punct
40	after	after	ADP	_	41 all	case
41	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	45 dream	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 all	punct
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 dream	aux
44	only	only	ADV	_	45 dream	advmod
45	dream	dream	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 Danske	parataxis
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 thought	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 thought	cc
48	when	when	SCONJ	_	52 went	mark
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 fellow	det
50	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 fellow	amod
51	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 went	nsubj
52	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 thought	advcl
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 bed	case
54	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 went	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 went	punct
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 thought	nsubj
57	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
58	so	so	ADV	_	59 much	advmod
59	much	much	ADV	_	57 thought	advmod
60	about	about	ADP	_	61 it	case
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 thought	obl
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 pressed	mark
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 pressed	nsubj
64	actually	actually	ADV	_	65 pressed	advmod
65	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 thought	advcl
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 chin	nmod:poss
67	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 pressed	obj
68	against	against	ADP	_	70 counterpane	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 counterpane	det
70	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 pressed	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 imagined	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 imagined	cc
73	imagined	imagine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
74	that	that	SCONJ	_	76 had	mark
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 had	nsubj
76	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 imagined	ccomp
77	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 beard	det
78	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 beard	amod
79	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 had	obj
80	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	82 become	nsubj
81	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 become	aux
82	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 beard	acl:relcl
83	rooted	root	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	82 become	xcomp
84	to	to	ADP	_	85 it	case
85	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 rooted	obl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the old grandfather	a great deal	the little boy			about Danish men and women	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient deal=Topic
2	distinguish	past · perfect	Danish men and women	women = woman			time		vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute themselves=Theme
3	fancy	past	grandfather						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	know	past	grandfather					as Holger Danske grandfather	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as danske=Attribute
5	dream	could	Holger Danske grandfather				after all		vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
6	go	past	the little fellow			bed			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
7	think speech: other	past	fellow					about bed	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
8	press	past	fellow	grandfather's chin				against the counterpane; actually property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chin=Theme
9	imagine	past	the old grandfather not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
10	have	past	grandfather	a long beard					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient
11	become	past · perfect	a long beard						tree rules
12	root	participle	a long beard not said here		beard				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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