--- title: There was once a fine gentleman, all of whose moveables were a boot-… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was once a fine gentleman, all of whose moveables were a boot-jack and a hair-comb: but he had the finest false collars in the world; and it is about one of these collars that we are now to hear a story. Who acts: fine gentleman, all, gentleman, world. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fine gentleman, all, gentleman, world), 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:pg1597:22:1 # text = There was once a fine gentleman, all of whose moveables were a boot-jack and a hair-comb: but he had the finest false collars in the world; and it is about one of these collars that we are now to hear a story. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 moveables moveable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 jack jack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 28 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 collars collar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 collars collar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a fine gentleman | | | there | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | all | a boot jack and a hair comb | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | gentleman | the finest false collars | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collar=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | world | one | | | | of this collars; about *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | we | | | | now | hear *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: [The Story of a Mother, 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/92/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/22/2/) - ↑ back to [The False Collar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/22/)