Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest, sentence 34

When Rudy began to ascend, the ladder trembled like the web of the spider, when it draws out the long, delicate threads; but as soon as he reached the fourth of the ladders, which had been bound together, he felt more confidence,--he knew that they had been fastened securely by skilful hands.

Who acts: Rudy, wind, skilful hands · What happens: begin, ascend, tremble, draw out, reach, bind · To what, where: ladder, long delicate threads, fourth, ladders, more confidence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, wind, skilful hands), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 began	advmod
2	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 knew	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ascend	mark
5	ascend	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ladder	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ladder	det
8	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ascend	obl
9	trembled	tremble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ladder	acl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 web	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 web	det
12	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trembled	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 spider	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 spider	det
15	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 web	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 draws	punct
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 draws	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 draws	nsubj
19	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ladder	acl:relcl
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 draws	compound:prt
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 threads	det
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 threads	amod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 long	punct
24	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 threads	amod
25	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 draws	obj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 reached	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 reached	cc
28	as	as	ADV	_	29 soon	advmod
29	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 reached	advmod
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 reached	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 reached	nsubj
32	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 began	conj
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 fourth	det
34	fourth	fourth	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 reached	obj
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 ladders	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 ladders	det
37	ladders	ladder	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 fourth	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 bound	punct
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 bound	nsubj:pass
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 bound	aux
41	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 bound	aux:pass
42	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 ladders	acl
43	together	together	ADV	_	42 bound	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 felt	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 felt	nsubj
46	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 reached	parataxis
47	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	48 confidence	amod
48	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 felt	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 felt	punct
50	--	--	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 knew	nsubj
52	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
53	that	that	SCONJ	_	57 fastened	mark
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 fastened	nsubj:pass
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 fastened	aux
56	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	57 fastened	aux:pass
57	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 knew	ccomp
58	securely	securely	ADV	_	57 fastened	advmod
59	by	by	ADP	_	61 hands	case
60	skilful	skilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 hands	amod
61	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 fastened	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Rudy			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	ascend	to-infinitive	Rudy not said here	the ladder		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tremble	participle		the ladder not said here	like the web of the spider	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	draw out	present	wind	the long delicate threads		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme
5	reach	past	Rudy	the fourth of the ladders	soon property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent fourth=Theme
6	bind	past · perfect · passive		the ladders	together property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	feel	past	Rudy	more confidence		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme
8	know	past	Rudy			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	fasten	past · perfect · passive	skilful hands	ladders = ladder	securely property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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