Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Fifth Evening, sentence 3

An old grandmother, poorly clad--she belonged to the working class--was following one of the under-servants into the great empty throne-room, for this was the apartment she wanted to see--that she was resolved to see; it had cost her many a little sacrifice, and many a coaxing word, to penetrate thus far.

Who acts: old grandmother, grandmother, this, many · What happens: clad, belong, work, follow, be, want · To what, where: one, great empty throne room, grandmother, apartment

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fifth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old grandmother, grandmother, this, many), 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	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grandmother	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grandmother	amod
3	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clad	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 grandmother	punct
5	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	6 clad	advmod
6	clad	clad	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	--	--	PUNCT	_	9 belonged	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 belonged	nsubj
9	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clad	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 class	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 belonged	obl
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	16 following	punct
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 following	aux
16	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 clad	advcl
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 following	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 servants	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 servants	det
20	under	under	ADP	_	22 servants	case
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 under	punct
22	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 one	nmod
23	into	into	ADP	_	29 room	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 room	det
25	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 room	amod
26	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 room	amod
27	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 room	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 throne	punct
29	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 wanted	punct
31	for	for	ADP	_	35 apartment	case
32	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 apartment	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 apartment	cop
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 apartment	det
35	apartment	apartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 wanted	obl
36	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 wanted	nsubj
37	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clad	parataxis
38	to	to	PART	_	39 see	mark
39	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 wanted	xcomp
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 resolved	punct
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 resolved	mark
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 resolved	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 resolved	aux:pass
44	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 wanted	conj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 see	mark
46	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 resolved	xcomp
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 cost	punct
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 cost	nsubj:pass
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 cost	aux
50	cost	cost	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 clad	parataxis
51	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 cost	iobj
52	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 cost	obj
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 sacrifice	det
54	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 sacrifice	amod
55	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 many	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 word	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 word	cc
58	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 word	nsubj
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 word	det
60	coaxing	coax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	61 word	amod
61	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 cost	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 penetrate	punct
63	to	to	PART	_	64 penetrate	mark
64	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 word	acl:relcl
65	thus	thus	ADV	_	66 far	advmod
66	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	64 penetrate	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clad	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	clad	past	a old grandmother				poorly property	tree rules
2	belong	past	grandmother				to the working class	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	work	gerund						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	follow	past · progressive	a old grandmother not said here	one of the servants		the great empty throne room		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme into room=Trajectory
5	is	past	this				for the apartment	tree rules
6	want	past	grandmother					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	grandmother not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	resolve	past · passive		grandmother				tree rules
9	see	to-infinitive						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	cost	past · perfect · passive		apartment	grandmother			tree rules
11	coax	gerund						vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
12	word		many					tree rules
13	penetrate	to-infinitive					far property	vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=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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