--- title: He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any othe… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, “he is sitting in council,” it was always said of him, “The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.” Who acts: Emperor. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Emperor's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/3/) [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 Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/) / 3 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, sentence 3 He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, “he is sitting in council,” it was always said of him, “The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.” **Who acts:** Emperor · **What happens:** have, accustom, say, sit · **To what, where:** different suit, one, council, suit, wardrobe · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Emperor's New Clothes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor), 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:pg1597:2:3 # text = He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, “he is sitting in council,” it was always said of him, “The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ _ 39 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wardrobe wardrobe NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Emperor | a different suit | | | for each hour of the day | | tree rules | | 2 | **accustom** | present · passive | | one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Emperor | | | council | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in council=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | suit | | | | of Emperor; always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Emperor | | | Emperor's wardrobe | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wardrobe=Location | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/4/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)