Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, III. the Uncle, sentence 58

Then the poor idiot, as the cretin was often called, looked at Rudy with a most touching expression in his eyes, clasped his hands, and said, solemnly and devoutly, "Saperli wants to send a letter to Jesus Christ, to pray Him to let Saperli die, and not the master of the house here."

Who acts: poor idiot, Saperli · What happens: call, look, touch, clasp, say, want · To what, where: cretin, hands, letter, Jesus, Rudy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor idiot, Saperli), 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	13 looked	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 idiot	det
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 idiot	amod
4	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 looked	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 called	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cretin	det
8	cretin	cretin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 called	aux:pass
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 called	advmod
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 idiot	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 looked	punct
13	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 Rudy	case
15	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 looked	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	20 expression	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 expression	det
18	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	19 touching	advmod
19	touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 expression	amod
20	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 looked	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 eyes	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 eyes	nmod:poss
23	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 expression	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 clasped	punct
25	clasped	clasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 looked	conj
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 hands	nmod:poss
27	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 clasped	obj
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	13 looked	parataxis
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 solemnly	punct
32	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	30 said	advmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 devoutly	cc
34	devoutly	devoutly	ADV	_	32 solemnly	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 wants	punct
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 wants	punct
37	Saperli	Saperli	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 wants	nsubj
38	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 said	conj
39	to	to	PART	_	40 send	mark
40	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 wants	xcomp
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 letter	det
42	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 send	obj
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 Jesus	case
44	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 send	obl
45	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Jesus	flat
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 pray	punct
47	to	to	PART	_	48 pray	mark
48	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 send	conj
49	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 pray	obj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 let	mark
51	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 pray	advcl
52	Saperli	Saperli	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 die	nsubj
53	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 let	xcomp
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 master	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 master	cc
56	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 master	advmod
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 master	det
58	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 looked	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 house	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 house	det
61	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 master	nmod
62	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 master	advmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 looked	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive	the poor idiot not said here	the cretin			often property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	look	past	the poor idiot			then	with a touching expression in Rudy's eyes; at Rudy	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at rudy=Theme
3	touch	gerund						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	clasp	past	the poor idiot not said here	Rudy's hands				vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past					solemnly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	want in a quote	present	Saperli					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	send not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Saperli not said here	a letter	Jesus			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to jesus=Destination
8	pray in a quote	to-infinitive	Saperli not said here	Rudy				tree rules
9	let in a quote	to-infinitive	Saperli not said here					tree rules
10	die in a quote	infinitive	Saperli					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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