Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 1

In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a church bell; it only lasted an instant, for it was lost in the continual roar of traffic and hum of voices which rose from the town. "

Who acts: people, sun, last rays, strange noise, sound, hum · What happens: hear, set, give, resemble, last, lose · To what, where: large town, golden tint, chimney pots, sound, instant, continual roar

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, sun, last rays, strange noise), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 streets	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 streets	det
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 streets	amod
4	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 town	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 town	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 town	amod
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 streets	nmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heard	nsubj
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 heard	advmod
11	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 town	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 evening	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 evening	det
14	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 setting	punct
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 setting	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sun	det
18	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 setting	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 setting	aux
20	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 evening	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 gave	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 gave	cc
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 rays	nmod:poss
24	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 rays	amod
25	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 gave	nsubj
26	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	conj
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 tint	det
28	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 tint	amod
29	tint	tint	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 gave	obj
30	to	to	ADP	_	34 pots	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 pots	det
32	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 pots	compound
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 chimney	punct
34	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 gave	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 noise	punct
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 noise	det
37	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 noise	amod
38	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 pots	conj
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 resembled	nsubj
40	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 noise	acl:relcl
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 sound	det
42	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 resembled	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	46 bell	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 bell	det
45	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 bell	compound
46	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sound	nmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 lasted	punct
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 lasted	nsubj
49	only	only	ADV	_	50 lasted	advmod
50	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	parataxis
51	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 instant	det
52	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 lasted	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 lost	punct
54	for	for	SCONJ	_	57 lost	mark
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 lost	nsubj:pass
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 lost	aux:pass
57	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 lasted	conj
58	in	in	ADP	_	61 roar	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 roar	det
60	continual	continual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 roar	amod
61	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 lost	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 traffic	case
63	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 roar	nmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 hum	cc
65	hum	hum	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 roar	conj
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 voices	case
67	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 hum	nmod
68	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 rose	nsubj
69	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 hum	acl:relcl
70	from	from	ADP	_	72 town	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 town	det
72	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 rose	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 streets	punct
74	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 streets	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	people	a large town not said here			evening	often property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer town=Stimulus
2	set	past · progressive	the sun						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	give	past	sun's last rays	a golden tint	the chimney pots and a strange noise				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tint=Theme to pot=Recipient
4	resemble	past	a strange noise	the sound of a church bell					tree rules
5	last	past	sound	a instant					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme instant=Value
6	lose	past · passive		sound		the continual roar of traffic and hum of voices			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
7	rise	past	hum of voices			the town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial_Location
8	ray		sun						nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent
9	roar		traffic						nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent
10	hum		voices						nom hum «state intransitive»: of=agent

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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