Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 87

A new bridge had lately been built across it, and in the middle of this bridge Little Claus stopped, and said, loud enough to be heard by the sexton, "Now what shall I do with this stupid chest; it is as heavy as if it were full of stones: I shall be tired if I roll it any farther, so I may as well throw it in the river; if it swims after me to my house, well and good, and if not, it will not much matter."

Who acts: Little, sexton, bridge, it · What happens: build, stop, say, hear, do, be · To what, where: new bridge, river, middle, bridge, house · 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 (Little, sexton, bridge, it), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bridge	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bridge	amod
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 built	aux
5	lately	lately	ADV	_	7 built	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 built	aux:pass
7	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	across	across	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 built	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stopped	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stopped	cc
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 middle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 middle	det
14	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stopped	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 bridge	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 bridge	det
17	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 middle	nmod
18	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 stopped	nsubj
19	Claus	Claus	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Little	flat
20	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 built	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 said	cc
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 stopped	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 loud	punct
25	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 said	xcomp
26	enough	enough	ADV	_	25 loud	advmod
27	to	to	PART	_	29 heard	mark
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 heard	aux:pass
29	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 loud	advcl
30	by	by	ADP	_	32 sexton	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 sexton	det
32	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 heard	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 do	punct
34	"	"	PUNCT	_	39 do	punct
35	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 do	advmod
36	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	39 do	obj
37	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 do	aux
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 do	nsubj
39	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 said	ccomp
40	with	with	ADP	_	43 chest	case
41	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 chest	det
42	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 chest	amod
43	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 do	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 heavy	punct
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 heavy	nsubj
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 heavy	cop
47	as	as	ADV	_	48 heavy	advmod
48	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 built	conj
49	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 full	mark
50	if	if	SCONJ	_	53 full	mark
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 full	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 full	cop
53	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 heavy	advcl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 stones	case
55	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 full	obl
56	:	:	PUNCT	_	60 tired	punct
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 tired	nsubj
58	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 tired	aux
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	60 tired	cop
60	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 full	parataxis
61	if	if	SCONJ	_	63 roll	mark
62	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 roll	nsubj
63	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 tired	advcl
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 roll	obj
65	any	any	ADV	_	66 farther	advmod
66	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	63 roll	advmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 throw	punct
68	so	so	ADV	_	73 throw	advmod
69	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	73 throw	nsubj
70	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 throw	aux
71	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	73 throw	cc
72	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	71 as	fixed
73	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 built	parataxis
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 throw	obj
75	in	in	ADP	_	77 river	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 river	det
77	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 throw	obl
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	81 swims	punct
79	if	if	SCONJ	_	81 swims	mark
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 swims	nsubj
81	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	73 throw	advcl
82	after	after	ADP	_	83 me	case
83	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	81 swims	obl
84	to	to	ADP	_	86 house	case
85	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	86 house	nmod:poss
86	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 swims	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 well	punct
88	well	well	INTJ	_	81 swims	discourse
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 good	cc
90	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 well	conj
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 matter	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 matter	cc
93	if	if	SCONJ	_	94 not	mark
94	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	100 matter	advcl
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 not	punct
96	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 matter	nsubj
97	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	100 matter	aux
98	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	100 matter	advmod
99	much	much	ADV	_	100 matter	advmod
100	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 swims	advcl
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	73 throw	punct
102	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 throw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · perfect · passive		a new bridge	river		lately property	tree rules
2	stop	past	Little		the middle of this bridge			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location
3	say speech: assert	past	Little not said here				loud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	hear	to-infinitive · passive	the sexton					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
5	do in a quote	shall	Little			now	with this stupid chest	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
6	is in a quote	present	bridge				heavy property	tree rules
7	is in a quote	past	bridge				of stones; full property	tree rules
8	is in a quote	shall	Little				tired property	tree rules
9	roll a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Little	bridge			far property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
10	throw in a quote	may	Little	bridge	the river			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in river=Destination
11	swim a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	bridge		my house	after Little		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to house=Destination
12	not matter in a quote	future	it					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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