Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 71

"He says that you must go and open that large chest which stands in the corner, and you will see the evil one crouching down inside; but you must hold the lid firmly, that he may not slip out."

Who acts: conjuror, you, large chest, evil one · What happens: say, go, open, stand, see, crouch down · To what, where: corner, evil one, lid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (conjuror, you, large chest, evil one), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 go	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 open	cc
9	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 stands	mark
11	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chest	amod
12	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stands	nsubj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 chest	nmod
14	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 open	ccomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 corner	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 corner	det
17	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stands	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 see	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 see	cc
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 see	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 see	aux
22	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 one	det
24	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 one	amod
25	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 see	obj
26	crouching	crouch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 one	acl:relcl
27	down	down	ADV	_	26 crouching	advmod
28	inside	inside	ADV	_	26 crouching	advmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 hold	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 hold	cc
31	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 hold	nsubj
32	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 hold	aux
33	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	parataxis
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 lid	det
35	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 hold	obj
36	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	33 hold	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 slip	punct
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 slip	mark
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 slip	nsubj
40	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 slip	aux
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	42 slip	advmod
42	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 hold	conj
43	out	out	ADP	_	42 slip	compound:prt
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	conjuror				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	must	you				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	open in a quote	infinitive	you not said here				tree rules
4	stand in a quote	present	large chest		the corner		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
5	see in a quote	future	you	the evil one			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
6	crouch down in a quote	gerund	the evil one not said here			down, inside property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	hold in a quote	must	you	the lid		firmly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme
8	not slip out in a quote	may	conjuror				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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