Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat Had to Tell, sentence 27

The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the country, as far as Bex, was covered with a carpet of snow, so that the Ice Maiden could follow Rudy, and see him, when he visited the mill; and while in the room at the miller's house, where he was accustomed to spend so much of his time with Babette.

Who acts: Ice Maiden, Rudy · What happens: ride, cover, follow, see, visit, accustom · To what, where: country, howling wind, Rudy, mill, much

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ice Maiden, Rudy), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Maiden	det
2	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Maiden	compound
3	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wind	det
7	howling	howling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wind	compound
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	12 valleys	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 valleys	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 valleys	amod
12	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rode	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 country	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 country	det
15	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 far	punct
17	as	as	ADV	_	18 far	advmod
18	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 rode	advmod
19	as	as	ADP	_	20 Bex	case
20	Bex	Bex	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 far	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 covered	punct
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 covered	aux:pass
23	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rode	parataxis
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 carpet	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 carpet	det
26	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 covered	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 snow	case
28	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 carpet	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 follow	punct
30	so	so	SCONJ	_	36 follow	mark
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 follow	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Maiden	det
33	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Maiden	compound
34	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 follow	nsubj
35	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 follow	aux
36	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 covered	parataxis
37	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 follow	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 see	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 see	cc
40	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	36 follow	conj
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 see	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 visited	punct
43	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	45 visited	advmod
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 visited	nsubj
45	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 see	advcl
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 mill	det
47	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 visited	obj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 room	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 room	cc
50	while	while	SCONJ	_	53 room	mark
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 room	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 room	det
53	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
54	at	at	ADP	_	58 house	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 miller	det
56	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 house	nmod:poss
57	's	's	PART	_	56 miller	case
58	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 room	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 accustomed	punct
60	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	63 accustomed	advmod
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 accustomed	nsubj
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 accustomed	aux:pass
63	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 room	acl:relcl
64	to	to	PART	_	65 spend	mark
65	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 accustomed	xcomp
66	so	so	ADV	_	67 much	advmod
67	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 spend	obj
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 time	case
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 time	nmod:poss
70	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 much	nmod
71	with	with	ADP	_	72 Babette	case
72	Babette	Babette	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 spend	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the Ice Maiden	the country	the howling wind	across the deep valleys; in the room at the miller's house; far property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across valley=Trajectory
2	cover	past · passive				with a carpet of snow	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with carpet=Theme
3	follow	could	the Ice Maiden	Rudy			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudy=Theme
4	see	infinitive	the Ice Maiden not said here	Rudy			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5	visit	past	Rudy	the mill			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Co-Agent
6	accustom	past · passive		Rudy			tree rules
7	spend	to-infinitive		much of Rudy's time		with Babette	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Asset

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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