--- title: They could all talk well enough when they were out in the street; bu… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They could all talk well enough when they were out in the street; but as soon as they came inside the palace gates, and saw the guard richly dressed in silver, and the lackeys in gold on the staircase, and the large illuminated saloons, then they were abashed; and when they stood before the throne o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/) / 37 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 3, sentence 37 They could all talk well enough when they were out in the street; but as soon as they came inside the palace gates, and saw the guard richly dressed in silver, and the lackeys in gold on the staircase, and the large illuminated saloons, then they were abashed; and when they stood before the throne on which the Princess was sitting, all they could do was to repeat the last word they had uttered, and to hear it again did not interest her very much. **Who acts:** crush, Princess, lackeys · **What happens:** talk, be, come, see, dress, illuminate · **To what, where:** street, palace gates, guard, silver, crush, throne This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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 (crush, Princess, lackeys), 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:pg1597:13:37 # text = They could all talk well enough when they were out in the street; but as soon as they came inside the palace gates, and saw the guard richly dressed in silver, and the lackeys in gold on the staircase, and the large illuminated saloons, then they were abashed; and when they stood before the throne on which the Princess was sitting, all they could do was to repeat the last word they had uttered, and to hear it again did not interest her very much. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 inside inside ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 richly richly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lackeys lackey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 nsubj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 illuminated illuminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 saloons saloon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 abashed abash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 59 before before ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 67 obl _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl:relcl _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 repeat repeat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 67 parataxis _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 79 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 80 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 78 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 84 to to PART TO _ 85 mark _ _ 85 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 86 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ _ 87 again again ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 88 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 89 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 90 advmod _ _ 90 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ _ 91 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 90 nmod _ _ 92 very very ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 93 much much ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | could | crush | | | | | all, soon, well *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | crush | | | the street | | out *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | crush | | | the palace gates | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside gate=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | crush *not said here* | the guard | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus | | 5 | **dress** | participle | | the guard *not said here* | | silver | | richly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **illuminate** | participle | | | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **abash** | past · passive | | crush | | | then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **stand** | past | crush | | | the throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location | | 9 | **sit** | past · progressive | the Princess | all | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 10 | **do** | could | crush | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | past | | | | | | repeat *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **utter** *speech: other* | past · perfect | crush | the last word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 13 | **hear** | to-infinitive | crush *not said here* | guard | | | again | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 14 | **do** | past | the lackeys in gold on the staircase and the large illuminated saloons | interest Princess | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Eventuality | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/38/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)