Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 40

The two suit of swan's plumage, which I and the young ones dragged over here from the land of the Nile, are of no use; trouble enough it was to us to bring them here in three journeys, and now they are lying at the bottom of the nest; and if a fire should happen to break out, and the wooden house be burnt down, they would be destroyed."

Who acts: plumage, two suit, trouble, suits, fire · What happens: one, drag, be, lie, happen, break out · To what, where: young ones, land, three journeys, use, bottom, wooden house

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plumage, two suit, trouble, suits), 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 suit	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 suit	nummod
3	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 use	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 plumage	case
5	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plumage	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 swan	case
7	plumage	plumage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suit	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ones	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 ones	nsubj
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 ones	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ones	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ones	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ones	amod
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plumage	appos
15	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ones	acl
16	over	over	ADV	_	17 here	advmod
17	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 dragged	advmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 land	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 land	det
20	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dragged	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 Nile	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Nile	det
23	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 land	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 suit	punct
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 use	cop
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 use	case
27	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	28 use	det
28	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 trouble	punct
30	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 use	conj
31	enough	enough	ADV	_	30 trouble	advmod
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 bring	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 bring	cop
34	to	to	SCONJ	_	37 bring	mark
35	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 bring	nsubj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 bring	mark
37	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 use	parataxis
38	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 bring	obj
39	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 bring	advmod
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 journeys	case
41	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 journeys	nummod
42	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 bring	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 lying	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 lying	cc
45	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	48 lying	advmod
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 lying	nsubj
47	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 lying	aux
48	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 use	acl
49	at	at	ADP	_	51 bottom	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 bottom	det
51	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 lying	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 nest	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 nest	det
54	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 bottom	nmod
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 happen	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 happen	cc
57	if	if	SCONJ	_	61 happen	mark
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 fire	det
59	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 happen	nsubj
60	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 happen	aux
61	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 use	parataxis
62	to	to	PART	_	63 break	mark
63	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 happen	advcl
64	out	out	ADP	_	63 break	compound:prt
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 burnt	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 burnt	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 house	det
68	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 house	amod
69	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 burnt	nsubj:pass
70	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	71 burnt	aux:pass
71	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 happen	parataxis
72	down	down	ADP	_	71 burnt	compound:prt
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 destroyed	punct
74	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 destroyed	nsubj:pass
75	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 destroyed	aux
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	77 destroyed	aux:pass
77	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 burnt	conj
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 use	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 use	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	one		swan's plumage					tree rules
2	drag	participle		the young ones not said here	the land of the Nile; here			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from land=Initial_Location
3	is	present	the two suit of swan's plumage				of no use and trouble	tree rules
4	is	past	trouble		three journeys; here		bring property	tree rules
5	lie	present · progressive	suits = suit	no use and trouble not said here	the bottom of the nest	now		vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location use=Theme
6	happen a condition, not said to happen	should	a fire					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	break out	to-infinitive	a fire not said here					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
8	burnt down	infinitive · passive		the wooden house				tree rules
9	destroy	would · passive		suits = suit				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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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