--- title: The king of the country was also observant of it, and vowed that he… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king of the country was also observant of it, and vowed that he who could discover whence the sounds proceeded, should have the title of “Universal Bell-ringer,” even if it were not really a bell. Who acts: king, sounds, Bell. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/13/) [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 Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/) / 13 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, sentence 13 The king of the country was also observant of it, and vowed that he who could discover whence the sounds proceeded, should have the title of “Universal Bell-ringer,” even if it were not really a bell. **Who acts:** king, sounds, Bell · **What happens:** be, vow, discover, proceed, have, not be · **To what, where:** observant, title, bell, Universal Bell ringer This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, sounds, Bell), 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:pg1597:18:13 # text = The king of the country was also observant of it, and vowed that he who could discover whence the sounds proceeded, should have the title of “Universal Bell-ringer,” even if it were not really a bell. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 observant observant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Universal universal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 Bell Bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ringer ringer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 really really ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the king of the country | observant | | | | of Bell | tree rules | | 2 | **vow** | past | the king of the country *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **discover** | could | king | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **proceed** | past | the sounds | | | | | whence *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | should | | the title of Universal Bell ringer | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Bell | a bell | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **title** | | | Universal Bell ringer | | | | | nom title «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:** «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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/14/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/)