Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 47

Then the grandfather nodded to a place above the looking-glass, where hung an almanac, with a representation of the Round Tower upon it, and said "Tycho Brahe was another of those who used a sword, but not one to cut into the flesh and bone, but to make the way of the stars of heaven clear, and plain to be understood.

Who acts: grandfather, one · What happens: nod, look, hang, say, use, cut · To what, where: looking glass, almanac, sword, way, Round Tower · 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 (grandfather, one), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 nodded	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grandfather	det
3	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nodded	nsubj
4	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nodded	obl
8	above	above	ADP	_	12 glass	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
10	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 glass	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 looking	punct
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nodded	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hung	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 hung	advmod
15	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 nodded	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 almanac	det
17	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hung	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 representation	punct
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 representation	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 representation	det
21	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hung	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 Tower	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Tower	det
24	Round	Round	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Tower	compound
25	Tower	Tower	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 representation	nmod
26	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hung	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 said	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 said	cc
30	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 nodded	parataxis
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 Tycho	punct
32	Tycho	Tycho	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 another	compound
33	Brahe	Brahe	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Tycho	flat
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 another	cop
35	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	30 said	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 those	case
37	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	35 another	conj
38	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 used	nsubj
39	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 those	acl:relcl
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 sword	det
41	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 used	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 cut	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 cut	cc
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 one	advmod
45	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 cut	nsubj
46	to	to	PART	_	47 cut	mark
47	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 nodded	parataxis
48	into	into	ADP	_	50 flesh	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 flesh	det
50	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 cut	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 bone	cc
52	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 flesh	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 make	punct
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 make	cc
55	to	to	PART	_	56 make	mark
56	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 cut	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 way	det
58	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 make	obj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 stars	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 stars	det
61	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 way	nmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 heaven	case
63	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 stars	nmod
64	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 make	xcomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 plain	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 plain	cc
67	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nodded	parataxis
68	to	to	PART	_	70 understood	mark
69	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	70 understood	aux:pass
70	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 plain	advcl
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nodded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	past	the grandfather		the looking glass	then	to a place	tree rules
2	look	gerund						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	hang	participle	the grandfather not said here	a almanac			with a representation of the Round Tower; upon Tower	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent almanac=Patient with representation=Instrument
4	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	use in a quote	past		a sword				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient
6	cut in a quote	to-infinitive	one				into the flesh and bone	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into flesh=Patient
7	make in a quote	to-infinitive	one not said here	the way of the stars of heaven			clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
8	understand in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	the grandfather not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»
9	represent			the Round Tower				nom representation «cognition 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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