--- title: * It was known to everybody at home, in the cold lands; and if the l… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: * It was known to everybody at home, in the cold lands; and if the learned man now came there and told his story, they would say that he was imitating it, and that he had no need to do. Who acts: learned man, lands, man. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (learned man, lands, man), 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:pg1597:23:50 # text = * It was known to everybody at home, in the cold lands; and if the learned man now came there and told his story, they would say that he was imitating it, and that he had no need to do. 1 * * PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ _ 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 imitating imitate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · passive | | shadow | | home | | to everybody; in the cold lands | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the learned man | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the learned man *not said here* | man's story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | lands *= land* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **imitate** | past · progressive | man | shadow | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | man | no need | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | no need *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/51/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)