--- title: The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess w… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing at “Visiting,” with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with the presents, she clapped her hands for joy. Who acts: Emperor, princesses, Princess, nightingale. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/11/) [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 Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/) / 11 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd, sentence 11 The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing at “Visiting,” with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with the presents, she clapped her hands for joy. **Who acts:** Emperor, princesses, Princess, nightingale · **What happens:** have, bring, play, see, clap · **To what, where:** princesses, large hall, Visiting, caskets, hands This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, princesses, Princess, nightingale), 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:pg1597:3:11 # text = The Emperor had them brought into a large hall, where the Princess was playing at “Visiting,” with the ladies of the court; and when she saw the caskets with the presents, she clapped her hands for joy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Visiting visiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 caskets casket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Emperor | princesses *= princess* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | participle | princesses *= princess* *not said here* | | | a large hall | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into hall=Destination | | 3 | **play** | past · progressive | the Princess | | | Visiting | | with the ladies of the court | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lady=Co-Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | nightingale | the caskets | | | | with the presents | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer casket=Stimulus | | 5 | **clap** | past | nightingale | nightingale's hands | | | | for joy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/12/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/)