--- title: The war of the buccaneers of 1490 was so recent that it could not fa… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The war of the buccaneers of 1490 was so recent that it could not fail being alluded to; the English pirates had, they said, most shamefully taken their ships while in the roadstead; and the Councillor, before whose eyes the Herostratic [*] event of 1801 still floated vividly, agreed entirely with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/137/) [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 Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/) / 137 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1, sentence 137 The war of the buccaneers of 1490 was so recent that it could not fail being alluded to; the English pirates had, they said, most shamefully taken their ships while in the roadstead; and the Councillor, before whose eyes the Herostratic \[\*\] event of 1801 still floated vividly, agreed entirely with the others in abusing the rascally English. **Who acts:** war, English pirates, pirates, Councillor, others, buccaneers · **What happens:** be, not fail, allude, have, say, take · **To what, where:** most, rascally English · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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 (war, English pirates, pirates, Councillor), 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:pg1597:5:137 # text = The war of the buccaneers of 1490 was so recent that it could not fail being alluded to; the English pirates had, they said, most shamefully taken their ships while in the roadstead; and the Councillor, before whose eyes the Herostratic [*] event of 1801 still floated vividly, agreed entirely with the others in abusing the rascally English. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 buccaneers buccaneer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1490 1490 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 recent recent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 alluded allude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 shamefully shamefully ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 roadstead roadstead NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Councillor Councillor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Herostratic Herostratic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 47 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 * * PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ _ 50 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 1801 1801 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 50 nmod _ _ 53 still still ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 55 vividly vividly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 advcl _ _ 58 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl:agent _ _ 62 in in SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 63 abusing abuse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 acl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 rascally rascally ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the war of the buccaneers of 1490 | | | | | recent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fail** | could | war | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **allude** | gerund · passive | war *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | the English pirates | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | pirates *= pirate* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | participle · passive | | most | | | | shamefully *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme ship=Destination | | 7 | **float** | past | the Councillor and the Councillor and the Councillor's eyes and the Herostratic's eyes and the Herostratic | | | | still | vividly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | the Councillor and the Councillor and the Councillor's eyes and the Herostratic's eyes and the Herostratic *not said here* | | | | | entirely *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **abuse** | gerund | the others *not said here* | the rascally English | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Theme | | 10 | **war** | | the buccaneers of 1490 | | | | | | nom war «act intransitive»: of=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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/138/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)