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The Violet Fairy Book, The Headless Dwarfs, sentence 8

No one took the slightest notice of any offer he might make, and the poor man was in despair, when one day, as he was standing at his house door, a youth known in the village as Clever Hans came up to him.

Who acts: one, minister, poor man, youth · What happens: take, make, be, stand, know, come up · To what, where: slightest notice, offer, despair, house door, youth, village

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Headless Dwarfs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, minister, poor man, youth), 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

detnsubjdetamodobjcasedetnmodnsubjauxacl:relclpunctccdetamodnsubjcopcaseoblpunctadvmodnummodconjpunctmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:posscompoundoblpunctdetnsubjaclcasedetoblcasecompoundoblparataxisadvmodcaseoblpunctrootNoDEToneNOUNtookVERBtheDETslightestADJnoticeNOUNofADPanyDETofferNOUNhePRONmightAUXmakeVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETpoorADJmanNOUNwasAUXinADPdespairNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVoneNUMdayNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONwasAUXstandingVERBatADPhisPRONhouseNOUNdoorNOUN,PUNCTaDETyouthNOUNknownVERBinADPtheDETvillageNOUNasADPCleverPROPNHansPROPNcameVERBupADVtoADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoDETPronType=Neg2 onedet
2oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing3 tooknsubj
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 noticedet
5slightestslightADJDegree=Sup6 noticeamod
6noticenoticeNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobj
7ofofADP_9 offercase
8anyanyDETPronType=Ind9 offerdet
9offerofferNOUNNumber=Sing6 noticenmod
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 makensubj
11mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin12 makeaux
12makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf9 offeracl:relcl
13,,PUNCT_20 despairpunct
14andandCCONJ_20 despaircc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 mandet
16poorpoorADJDegree=Pos17 manamod
17manmanNOUNNumber=Sing20 despairnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 despaircop
19ininADP_20 despaircase
20despairdespairNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobl
21,,PUNCT_24 daypunct
22whenwhenADVPronType=Int24 dayadvmod
23oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card24 daynummod
24daydayNOUNNumber=Sing20 despairconj
25,,PUNCT_29 standingpunct
26asasSCONJ_29 standingmark
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 standingnsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 standingaux
29standingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 tookadvcl
30atatADP_33 doorcase
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 doornmod:poss
32househouseNOUNNumber=Sing33 doorcompound
33doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing29 standingobl
34,,PUNCT_36 youthpunct
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 youthdet
36youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing44 camensubj
37knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 youthacl
38ininADP_40 villagecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 villagedet
40villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing37 knownobl
41asasADP_43 Hanscase
42CleverCleverPROPNNumber=Sing43 Hanscompound
43HansHansPROPNNumber=Sing37 knownobl
44camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 tookparataxis
45upupADV_44 cameadvmod
46totoADP_47 himcase
47himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 cameobl
48..PUNCT_3 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastno onethe slightest notice of any offervn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
2makemightministerany offer not said herevn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Product
3ispastthe poor mandespair and one daytree rules
4standpast · progressiveministerminister's house doorvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location
5knowparticiplea youth not said herethe villageas Clever Hansvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as hans=Attribute
6come uppasta youthministervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
7noticeany offernom notice «communication transitive»: of=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: «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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