Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, IV. Babette, sentence 54

Rudy stood so still, that it might have been supposed he was watching for a chamois; but he was in reality like a chamois, who will stand for a moment, looking as if it were chiselled out of the rock, and then, if only a stone rolled by, would suddenly bound forward with a spring, far away from the hunter.

Who acts: Rudy, chamois · What happens: stand, suppose, watch, be, look, chisell · To what, where: parlor, reality, rock, stone

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, IV. Babette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, chamois), 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	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 still	advmod
4	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 supposed	punct
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 supposed	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 supposed	nsubj:pass
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 supposed	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 supposed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 supposed	aux:pass
11	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 watching	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 watching	aux
14	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 supposed	xcomp
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 chamois	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chamois	det
17	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 watching	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 reality	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 reality	cc
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 reality	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 reality	cop
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 reality	case
23	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
24	like	like	ADP	_	26 chamois	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 chamois	det
26	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 reality	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 stand	punct
28	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 stand	nsubj
29	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 stand	aux
30	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 chamois	acl:relcl
31	for	for	ADP	_	33 moment	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 moment	det
33	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 stand	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 looking	punct
35	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 stand	advcl
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 chiselled	mark
37	if	if	SCONJ	_	40 chiselled	mark
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 chiselled	nsubj:pass
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 chiselled	aux:pass
40	chiselled	chisell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 looking	advcl
41	out	out	ADP	_	44 rock	case
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 rock	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 rock	det
44	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 chiselled	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 bound	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 bound	cc
47	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 bound	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 then	punct
49	if	if	SCONJ	_	52 stone	mark
50	only	only	ADV	_	52 stone	advmod
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 stone	det
52	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 bound	advcl
53	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 stone	acl
54	by	by	ADP	_	53 rolled	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 stone	punct
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 bound	aux
57	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	58 bound	advmod
58	bound	bound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stood	advcl
59	forward	forward	ADV	_	58 bound	advmod
60	with	with	ADP	_	62 spring	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 spring	det
62	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 bound	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 away	punct
64	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	65 away	advmod
65	away	away	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
66	from	from	ADP	_	68 hunter	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 hunter	det
68	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 away	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Rudy			still	away property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	suppose	might · perfect · passive		parlor				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	watch	past · progressive	Rudy				for a chamois	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for chamois=Theme
4	is	past	Rudy		reality		like a chamois	tree rules
5	stand	future	a chamois			moment		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	look	gerund	a chamois not said here					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	chisell	past · passive		parlor	the rock			tree rules
8	roll	participle		a stone not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	bound	would	Rudy not said here			then; spring	forward, suddenly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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