--- title: She then had all the ladies of the court drummed together; and when… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She then had all the ladies of the court drummed together; and when they heard her intention, all were very pleased, and said, 'We are very glad to hear it; it is the very thing we were thinking of.' Who acts: Princess, ladies, all, We. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Snow Queen, 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 (Princess, ladies, all, We), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg1597:13:32 # text = She then had all the ladies of the court drummed together; and when they heard her intention, all were very pleased, and said, 'We are very glad to hear it; it is the very thing we were thinking of.' 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 drummed drum VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Princess | all ladies of the court | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient | | 2 | **drum** | participle | | all ladies of the court *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | ladies *= lady* | Princess's intention | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer intention=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | all | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | We | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | intention | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | present | intention | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | we | the thing *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 10 | **intend** | | Princess | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/33/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)