--- title: They slept; the young couple governed in the forest, and had a numer… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They slept; the young couple governed in the forest, and had a numerous progeny, but they were never boiled, and never came on the silver dishes; so from this they concluded that the manor-house had fallen to ruins, and that all the men in the world were extinct; and as no one contradicted them, so, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/58/) [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 Happy Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/) / 58 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family, sentence 58 They slept; the young couple governed in the forest, and had a numerous progeny, but they were never boiled, and never came on the silver dishes; so from this they concluded that the manor-house had fallen to ruins, and that all the men in the world were extinct; and as no one contradicted them, so, of course it was so. **Who acts:** noise, young couple, manor house, men, one · **What happens:** sleep, govern, have, not boil, not come, conclude · **To what, where:** forest, numerous progeny, noise, silver dishes, this This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Happy Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (noise, young couple, manor house, men), 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:pg1597:20:58 # text = They slept; the young couple governed in the forest, and had a numerous progeny, but they were never boiled, and never came on the silver dishes; so from this they concluded that the manor-house had fallen to ruins, and that all the men in the world were extinct; and as no one contradicted them, so, of course it was so. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 governed govern VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 progeny progeny NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 manor manor NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 extinct extinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 contradicted contradict VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 fixed _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ _ 70 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 71 so so ADV RB _ 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | noise | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **govern** | past | the young couple | | | the forest | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | past | the young couple *not said here* | a numerous progeny | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent progeny=Patient | | 4 | **not** **boil** | past · passive | | noise | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **come** | past | | | | the silver dishes | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dish=Location | | 6 | **conclude** | past | noise | | | this | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | past · perfect | the manor house | | | | | to ruins | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ruin=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | all men in the world | | | | | extinct *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **contradict** | past | no one | noise | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | past | no one *not said here* | | | | | of house; so *property* | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/59/) - ↑ back to [The Happy Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/)