Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Jumper, sentence 13

The old councillor, who had received three medals for holding his tongue, declared that the Skipjack possessed the gift of prophecy; one could tell by his bones whether there would be a severe winter or a mild one; and that's more than one can always tell from the breastbone of the man who writes the almanac.

Who acts: old councillor, Skipjack, one, severe winter, that, man · What happens: receive, hold, declare, possess, tell, be · To what, where: three medals, tongue, gift, breastbone, almanac, prophecy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Jumper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old councillor, Skipjack, one, severe winter), 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 councillor	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 councillor	amod
3	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 declared	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 received	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 received	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 received	aux
7	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 councillor	acl:relcl
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 medals	nummod
9	medals	medal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 received	obj
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 holding	mark
11	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 received	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 tongue	nmod:poss
13	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 holding	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 declared	punct
15	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 possessed	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Skipjack	det
18	Skipjack	Skipjack	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 possessed	nsubj
19	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 declared	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gift	det
21	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 possessed	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 prophecy	case
23	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 gift	nmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 tell	punct
25	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 tell	nsubj
26	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 tell	aux
27	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 declared	conj
28	by	by	ADP	_	30 bones	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 bones	nmod:poss
30	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 tell	obl
31	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	34 be	mark
32	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	34 be	expl
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 be	aux
34	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 tell	ccomp
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 winter	det
36	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 winter	amod
37	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 be	nsubj
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 one	cc
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 one	det
40	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 one	amod
41	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 winter	conj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 more	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 more	cc
44	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 more	nsubj
45	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 more	cop
46	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 declared	obj
47	than	than	SCONJ	_	51 tell	mark
48	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 tell	nsubj
49	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 tell	aux
50	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	51 tell	advmod
51	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 more	advcl
52	from	from	ADP	_	54 breastbone	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 breastbone	det
54	breastbone	breastbone	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 tell	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 man	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 man	det
57	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 breastbone	nmod
58	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 writes	nsubj
59	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 man	acl:relcl
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 almanac	det
61	almanac	almanac	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 writes	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 declared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect	the old councillor	three medals			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medal=Theme
2	hold	gerund	the old councillor not said here	councillor's tongue			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
3	declare speech: other	past	the old councillor				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	possess	past	the Skipjack	the gift of prophecy			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	could	one			by councillor's bones	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	be	would	a severe winter or a mild one		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	is	present	that			more property	tree rules
8	tell speech: assert	can	one		the breastbone of the man	always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	write	present	the man	the almanac			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent almanac=Theme
10	gift			prophecy			nom gift «possession transitive»: of=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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