--- title: As soon as he had got into the court-yard, he moved very softly, and… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had got into the court-yard, he moved very softly, and the ladies were so much engrossed with counting the kisses, that all might go on fairly, that they did not perceive the Emperor. Who acts: Emperor, all, ladies. 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 (Emperor, all, ladies), 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:pg1597:3:85 # text = As soon as he had got into the court-yard, he moved very softly, and the ladies were so much engrossed with counting the kisses, that all might go on fairly, that they did not perceive the Emperor. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 softly softly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 engrossed engross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 25 with with SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · perfect | Emperor | | | | | into the court yard | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into yard=Destination | | 2 | **move** | past | Emperor | | | | | softly, soon *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **engross** | past · passive | | the ladies | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **count** | gerund | | the kisses | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme | | 5 | **go on** | might | all | | | | | fairly *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **perceive** | past · do-support | ladies *= lady* | the Emperor | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/86/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/)