Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, X. the Godmother, sentence 28

They saw the implements of torture, the deadly dungeons, the rusty fetters in the rocky walls, the stone benches for those condemned to death, the trap-doors through which the unhappy creatures were hurled upon iron spikes, and impaled alive.

Who acts: others, stone · What happens: see, bench, condemn, hurl, impale · To what, where: implements, those, unhappy creatures, trap doors

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, X. the Godmother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, stone), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 implements	det
4	implements	implement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 torture	case
6	torture	torture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 implements	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dungeons	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dungeons	det
9	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dungeons	amod
10	dungeons	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 implements	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fetters	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fetters	det
13	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fetters	amod
14	fetters	fetter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 implements	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 walls	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 walls	det
17	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 walls	amod
18	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fetters	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 benches	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 stone	det
21	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 benches	nsubj
22	benches	bench	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 those	case
24	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	22 benches	obj
25	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 those	acl
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 death	case
27	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 condemned	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 doors	punct
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 doors	det
30	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 doors	compound
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 trap	punct
32	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 benches	obl
33	through	through	ADP	_	34 which	case
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 hurled	obl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 creatures	det
36	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 creatures	amod
37	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 hurled	nsubj:pass
38	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 hurled	aux:pass
39	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 doors	acl:relcl
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 spikes	case
41	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 spikes	compound
42	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 hurled	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 impaled	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 impaled	cc
45	impaled	impale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 saw	conj
46	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 impaled	xcomp
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	others = other	the implements of torture and the deadly dungeons and the rusty fetters in the rocky walls			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer implement=Stimulus
2	bench	present	the stone	those		the trap doors obl	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3	condemn	participle				to death	vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	hurl	past · passive		the unhappy creatures	the trap doors	upon iron spikes	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through which=Destination
5	impale	participle	others = other not said here			alive property	vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=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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