--- title: Those persons who were sitting nearest him and heard his speech, sta… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Those persons who were sitting nearest him and heard his speech, stared at him in wonderment; and one of them rose, took off his hat respectfully, and said with a serious countenance, “You are no doubt a very learned man, Monsieur.” Who acts: persons, one, You, hostess. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (persons, one, You, hostess), 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:pg1597:5:114 # text = Those persons who were sitting nearest him and heard his speech, stared at him in wonderment; and one of them rose, took off his hat respectfully, and said with a serious countenance, “You are no doubt a very learned man, Monsieur.” 1 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 parataxis _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 wonderment wonderment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 respectfully respectfully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 learned learned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Monsieur Monsieur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | that persons | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | past | that persons *not said here* | hostess's speech | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus | | 3 | **stare** | past | that persons *not said here* | | | wonderment | | at hostess | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **rise** | past | one of persons | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take off** | past | one of persons *not said here* | hostess's hat | | | | respectfully *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of persons *not said here* | | | | | with a serious countenance | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with countenance=Manner | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | no doubt and a learned man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **speak** | | hostess | | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/115/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)