--- title: Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a sin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/46/) [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/) / 46 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, sentence 46 Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms. **Who acts:** cloth, crafty impostors, impostors, Emperor · **What happens:** accompany, be, admire, go, work, not pass · **To what, where:** two honest men, crafty impostors, single thread, looms 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 (cloth, crafty impostors, impostors, 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:pg1597:2:46 # text = Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms. 1 Accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 select select ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl:agent _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 already already ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 impostors impostor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 approach approach NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 on on SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 50 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 51 diligently diligently ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 than than ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 although although SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 57 still still ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 58 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 64 through through ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 looms loom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accompany** | participle | | | | | | by a select number of officers of the court | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by number=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | among the two honest men | tree rules | | 3 | **admire** | past · perfect · passive | | the two honest men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | cloth | | | the crafty impostors | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to impostor=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past | the crafty impostors | | | | | of the Emperor's approach; aware, soon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | the crafty impostors *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **work** | gerund | the crafty impostors *not said here* | | | | | diligently *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **pass** | past · do-support | impostors *= impostor* | a single thread | | the looms | still | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thread=Theme through loom=Destination | | 9 | **approach** | | the Emperor | | | | | | nom approach «act intransitive»: 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/47/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)