--- title: All his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover somethin… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on the looms, but they could see no more than the others; nevertheless, they all exclaimed, “Oh, how beautiful!” and advised his majesty to have some new clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession. 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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 (retinue, eyes, majesty), 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:pg1597:2:58 # text = All his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on the looms, but they could see no more than the others; nevertheless, they all exclaimed, “Oh, how beautiful!” and advised his majesty to have some new clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 strained strain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 looms loom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 obj _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 advmod _ _ 31 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 47 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 45 obj _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 52 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 amod _ _ 58 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strain** | past | thing's retinue | colors's eyes | | | now | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | | 2 | **hope** | gerund | thing's retinue *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **discover** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | thing's retinue *not said here* | something | | the looms | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 4 | **see** | could | eyes *= eye* | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | thing's majesty | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | some new clothes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 8 | **make** | participle | | some new clothes *not said here* | | this splendid material | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from material=Material | | 9 | **approach** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/59/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)