Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest, sentence 40

He tried the strength of the stunted trees, and the thick underwood upon which the nest rested, and of which it was formed, and finding they would support his weight, he grasped them firmly, and swung himself up from the ladder till his head and breast were above the nest, and then what an overpowering stench came from it, for in it lay the putrid remains of lambs, chamois, and birds.

Who acts: Rudy, thick underwood, trees, head, overpowering stench, nest · What happens: try, stunt, rest, form, find, support · To what, where: strength, nest, weight, trees, Rudy, ladder · 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, thick underwood, trees, head), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strength	det
4	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tried	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 trees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
7	stunted	stunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 trees	amod
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 strength	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rested	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 rested	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 underwood	det
12	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 underwood	amod
13	underwood	underwood	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rested	nsubj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 rested	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 nest	det
17	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rested	nsubj
18	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 formed	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 formed	cc
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 which	case
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 formed	obl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 formed	nsubj:pass
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 formed	aux:pass
25	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 rested	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 finding	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 finding	cc
28	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tried	advcl
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 support	nsubj
30	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 support	aux
31	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 finding	ccomp
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 weight	nmod:poss
33	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 support	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 grasped	punct
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 grasped	nsubj
36	grasped	grasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 grasped	obj
38	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	36 grasped	advmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 swung	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 swung	cc
41	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	parataxis
42	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	41 swung	obj
43	up	up	ADP	_	41 swung	compound:prt
44	from	from	ADP	_	46 ladder	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 ladder	det
46	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 swung	obl
47	till	till	ADP	_	49 head	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 head	nmod:poss
49	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 swung	obl
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 breast	cc
51	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 head	conj
52	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 head	acl
53	above	above	ADP	_	55 nest	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 nest	det
55	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 were	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 what	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 what	cc
58	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 what	advmod
59	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	41 swung	parataxis
60	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 stench	det
61	overpowering	overpower	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	62 stench	amod
62	stench	stench	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 came	nsubj
63	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 what	acl:relcl
64	from	from	ADP	_	65 it	case
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 came	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 lay	punct
67	for	for	SCONJ	_	70 lay	mark
68	in	in	SCONJ	_	70 lay	mark
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 lay	nsubj
70	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 came	parataxis
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 remains	det
72	putrid	putrid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 remains	amod
73	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	70 lay	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	75 lambs	case
75	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 remains	nmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 chamois	punct
77	chamois	chamois	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 lambs	conj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 birds	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 birds	cc
80	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 lay	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	Rudy	the strength of the stunted trees				vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Eventuality
2	stunt	participle						tree rules
3	rest	past	the thick underwood					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon which=Location
4	form	past · passive		nest				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
5	find	gerund	Rudy not said here					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	support	would	trees = tree	Rudy's weight				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weight=Stimulus
7	grasp	past	Rudy	trees = tree			firmly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
8	swing up	past		Rudy	the ladder	till Rudy's head and breast		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from ladder=Trajectory
9	be	past	Rudy's head and breast not said here		the nest			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above nest=Location
10	overpower	gerund						tree rules
11	come	past	a overpowering stench		nest			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial_Location
12	lie	past	nest	the putrid remains of lambs and chamois			birds obl	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location remains=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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