--- title: Something came here, and something came there; the portrait of her w… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Something came here, and something came there; the portrait of her who had been found at the broker's came to the broker's again; and there it hung, for no one knew her more--no one cared about the old picture. Who acts: Something, portrait, broker, one. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Something, portrait, broker, one), 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:pg1597:19:102 # text = Something came here, and something came there; the portrait of her who had been found at the broker's came to the broker's again; and there it hung, for no one knew her more--no one cared about the old picture. 1 Something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 broker broker NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 broker broker NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Something | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | something | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | the portrait | | the broker | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at broker=Asset | | 4 | **come** | past | the portrait | | | the broker | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to broker=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hang** | past | broker | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | past | no one | auction | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **care** | past | no one | | | | | about the old picture | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about picture=Stimulus | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/103/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/)