Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Fourth Evening, sentence 10

Close by the orchestra could be seen the noble young couple in two old arm-chairs, which were usually occupied by his worship the mayor and his lady; but these latter were to-day obliged to content themselves with wooden forms, just as if they had been ordinary citizens; and the lady observed quietly to herself, 'One sees, now, that there is rank above rank;' and this incident gave an air of extra festivity to the whole proceedings.

Who acts: orchestra, worship, mayor, lady, One, rank · What happens: see, occupy, be, oblige, content, observe · To what, where: noble young couple, two old arm chairs, latter day, mayor, lady, air

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fourth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (orchestra, worship, mayor, lady), 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	Close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 seen	advmod
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 orchestra	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 orchestra	det
4	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 seen	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 seen	aux:pass
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 couple	det
9	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 couple	amod
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 couple	amod
11	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	17 chairs	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 chairs	nummod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chairs	amod
15	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chairs	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 arm	punct
17	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 couple	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 occupied	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 occupied	nsubj:pass
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 occupied	aux:pass
21	usually	usually	ADV	_	22 occupied	advmod
22	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 chairs	acl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 worship	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 worship	nmod:poss
25	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 occupied	obl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mayor	det
27	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 worship	appos
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 lady	cc
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 lady	nmod:poss
30	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 mayor	conj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 latter	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 latter	cc
33	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	34 latter	nsubj
34	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 day	amod
35	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 day	cop
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 day	case
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 to	punct
38	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seen	obl:unmarked
39	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 day	acl
40	to	to	PART	_	41 content	mark
41	content	content	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 obliged	xcomp
42	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	41 content	obj
43	with	with	ADP	_	45 forms	case
44	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 forms	amod
45	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 content	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 citizens	punct
47	just	just	ADV	_	54 citizens	advmod
48	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	54 citizens	case
49	if	if	SCONJ	_	48 as	fixed
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 citizens	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 citizens	aux
52	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	54 citizens	cop
53	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 citizens	amod
54	citizens	citizen	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 content	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 observed	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 observed	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 lady	det
58	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 observed	nsubj
59	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 seen	parataxis
60	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	59 observed	advmod
61	to	to	ADP	_	62 herself	case
62	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	59 observed	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 sees	punct
64	'	'	PUNCT	_	66 sees	punct
65	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 sees	nsubj
66	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 observed	conj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 now	punct
68	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	66 sees	advmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 is	punct
70	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 is	mark
71	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	72 is	expl
72	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 sees	conj
73	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 is	nsubj
74	above	above	ADP	_	75 rank	case
75	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 rank	nmod
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 seen	punct
77	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 seen	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 gave	cc
79	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	80 incident	det
80	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 gave	nsubj
81	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 seen	conj
82	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 air	det
83	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 gave	obj
84	of	of	ADP	_	86 festivity	case
85	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 festivity	amod
86	festivity	festivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 air	nmod
87	to	to	ADP	_	90 proceedings	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 proceedings	det
89	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 proceedings	amod
90	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	81 gave	obl
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 seen	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could · passive	the orchestra	the noble young couple		two old arm chairs		close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer couple=Stimulus
2	occupy	past · passive	loophole's worship	two old arm chairs				usually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3	is	past					to latter day		tree rules
4	oblige	participle		latter day not said here					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
5	content	to-infinitive		mayor				with wooden forms	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer
6	is	past · perfect	mayor					as ordinary citizens	tree rules
7	observe	past	the lady		lady			quietly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient
8	see	present	One				now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	be	present	rank above rank			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	give	past	this incident	a air of extra festivity	the whole proceedings				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent air=Theme to proceedings=Recipient
11	worship		loophole						nom worship «act intransitive»: poss=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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