--- title: The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train f… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office. Who acts: lords, train, c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/81/) [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/) / 81 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, sentence 81 The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office. **Who acts:** lords, train, clothes · **What happens:** carry, feel, lift up, pretend, mean, betray · **To what, where:** ground, ends, something, anything · **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 (lords, train, clothes), 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:pg1597:2:81 # text = The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bedchamber bedchamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 nsubj _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 obl _ _ 45 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 46 betray betray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 47 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 obj _ _ 48 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 simplicity simplicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 unfitness unfitness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the lords of the bedchamber | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | past | lord's Majesty's train | | | the ground | | about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | | 3 | **lift up** | past · progressive | clothes | the ends of the mantle | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme | | 4 | **pretend** | past | the lords of the bedchamber *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive · progressive | the lords of the bedchamber *not said here* | something | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | by no | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **betray** | present | | anything | | | | like simplicity | tree rules | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/82/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)