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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Dream of Little Tuk, sentence 33

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The morn now came; and as soon as the sun appeared, the whole town and the king's palace crumbled together, and one tower after the other; and at last only a single one remained standing where the castle had been before,\* and the town was so small and poor, and the school boys came along with their books under their arms, and said, “2000 inhabitants!” but that was not true, for there were not so many.

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**Who acts:** morn, sun, palace, last, castle, town · **What happens:** come, appear, crumble, remain, stand, be · **To what, where:** whole town, one tower, 2000 inhabitants · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Dream of Little Tuk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (morn, sun, palace, last), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:25:33
# text = The morn now came; and as soon as the sun appeared, the whole town and the king's palace crumbled together, and one tower after the other; and at last only a single one remained standing where the castle had been before,* and the town was so small and poor, and the school boys came along with their books under their arms, and said, “2000 inhabitants!” but that was not true, for there were not so many.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	morn	morn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	crumbled	crumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
23	together	together	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	after	after	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
33	at	at	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	nsubj	_	_
35	only	only	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
39	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
40	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	xcomp	_	_
41	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	46	advmod	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	cop	_	_
46	before	before	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	*	*	PUNCT	NFP	_	46	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
53	so	so	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	conj	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nsubj	_	_
62	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
63	along	along	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obl	_	_
67	under	under	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
74	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	76	nummod	_	_
76	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	76	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	76	punct	_	_
79	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
80	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	83	nsubj	_	_
81	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	cop	_	_
82	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	83	advmod	_	_
83	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
85	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	87	mark	_	_
86	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	87	expl	_	_
87	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	conj	_	_
88	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	90	advmod	_	_
89	so	so	ADV	RB	_	90	advmod	_	_
90	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	87	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the morn |  |  |  | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | past | the sun | the whole town |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **crumble** | past | the king's palace | one tower after the other |  |  |  | together *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **remain** | past | last |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **stand** | gerund | last *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | past · perfect | the castle |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | the town |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** |  | the town *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **come along** | past | the school boys |  |  |  |  | with towers's books under towers's arms; along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | 2000 inhabitants |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Topic |
| 11 | **not** **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **be** | past | many |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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