Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2, sentence 99

Inquiries had been made in every by-way that could be thought of, until at last the wise and learned men has asserted, as we have been already told, that "love, the life-giver, could alone give new life to a father;" and in saying this, they had overdone it, and said more than they understood themselves.

Who acts: way, men · What happens: make, think, learn, assert, tell, give · To what, where: Inquiries, every, way, we, new life, father · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, men), 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	Inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 every	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 made	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 by	punct
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 thought	nsubj:pass
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 thought	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 thought	aux:pass
13	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 way	acl:relcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	13 thought	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 last	punct
16	until	until	ADP	_	18 last	case
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 last	case
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wise	det
20	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 last	obl:unmarked
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 learned	cc
22	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
23	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 asserted	nsubj
24	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 asserted	aux
25	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 learned	ccomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 told	punct
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 told	mark
28	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 told	nsubj
29	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 told	aux
30	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 told	aux:pass
31	already	already	ADV	_	32 told	advmod
32	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 asserted	parataxis
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 love	punct
34	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 love	det
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 love	punct
36	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 told	parataxis
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 giver	punct
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 giver	det
39	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 giver	compound
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 life	punct
41	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 love	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 give	punct
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 give	aux
44	alone	alone	ADV	_	45 give	advmod
45	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 love	parataxis
46	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 life	amod
47	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 give	obj
48	to	to	ADP	_	50 father	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 father	det
50	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 give	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
52	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 saying	cc
54	in	in	SCONJ	_	55 saying	mark
55	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 made	conj
56	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 saying	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 overdone	punct
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 overdone	nsubj
59	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 overdone	aux
60	overdone	overdo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 made	conj
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 overdone	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 said	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 said	cc
64	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
65	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	64 said	obj
66	than	than	SCONJ	_	68 understood	mark
67	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 understood	nsubj
68	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 more	advcl
69	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	68 understood	obj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past · perfect · passive	way	Inquiries		every		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
2	think speech: other	could · passive		way				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	learn	past	way not said here					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	assert	present · perfect	men					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	tell speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		we				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
6	give in a quote	could		new life	a father		alone property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Theme to father=Recipient
7	say speech: assert	gerund	way not said here	this				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic
8	overdo	past · perfect	men = man	giver				tree rules
9	say speech: assert	past	way not said here	more				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic
10	understand	past	men = man	men = man				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer themselves=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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