Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Conceited Apple-branch, sentence 32

There came presently across the fields a whole group of children, the youngest of whom was so small that it had to be carried by the others; and when he was seated on the grass, among the yellow flowers, he laughed aloud with joy, kicked out his little legs, rolled about, plucked the yellow flowers, and kissed them in childlike innocence.

Who acts: whole group, group, others, flower · What happens: come, be, have, carry, seat, laugh · To what, where: fields, flower, grass, little legs, yellow flowers, legs

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Conceited Apple-branch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole group, group, others, flower), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 came	expl
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	presently	presently	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 fields	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fields	det
6	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 group	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 group	amod
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 children	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 group	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 youngest	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 youngest	det
14	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 came	advcl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 whom	case
16	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 small	obl
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 small	cop
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 small	advmod
19	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 youngest	parataxis
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 had	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 small	advcl
23	to	to	PART	_	25 carried	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 carried	aux:pass
25	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 had	xcomp
26	by	by	ADP	_	28 others	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 others	det
28	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 carried	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 seated	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 seated	cc
31	when	when	SCONJ	_	34 seated	mark
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 seated	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 seated	aux:pass
34	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 came	parataxis
35	on	on	ADP	_	37 grass	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 grass	det
37	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 seated	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 flowers	punct
39	among	among	ADP	_	42 flowers	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 flowers	det
41	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 flowers	amod
42	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 seated	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 laughed	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 laughed	nsubj
45	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
46	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	45 laughed	advmod
47	with	with	ADP	_	48 joy	case
48	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 kicked	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 kicked	punct
50	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 laughed	conj
51	out	out	ADP	_	50 kicked	compound:prt
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 legs	nmod:poss
53	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 legs	amod
54	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 kicked	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 rolled	punct
56	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 kicked	advcl
57	about	about	ADV	_	56 rolled	advmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 plucked	punct
59	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 flowers	det
61	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 flowers	amod
62	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 plucked	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 kissed	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 kissed	cc
65	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
66	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 kissed	obj
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 innocence	case
68	childlike	childlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 innocence	amod
69	innocence	innocence	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 kissed	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	a whole group of children		the fields; there	presently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across field=Initial_Location
2	is	past				small property	tree rules
3	have	past	group				tree rules
4	carry	to-infinitive · passive	the others				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	seat	past · passive		flower	the grass	among the yellow flowers	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
6	laugh	past	flower			aloud property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	kick out	participle	flower not said here	flower's little legs		with joy	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with joy=Instrument
8	roll about	participle	flower not said here			about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	pluck	past	a whole group of children not said here	the yellow flowers			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient
10	kiss	past		legs = leg	childlike innocence		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

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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