--- title: With other topics he was not so fortunate; every moment brought abou… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: With other topics he was not so fortunate; every moment brought about some new confusion, and threatened to become a perfect Babel; for the worthy Bachelor was really too ignorant, and the simplest observations of the Councillor sounded to him too daring and phantastical. 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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 (Councillor, moment, worthy Bachelor, simplest observations), 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:pg1597:5:138 # text = With other topics he was not so fortunate; every moment brought about some new confusion, and threatened to become a perfect Babel; for the worthy Bachelor was really too ignorant, and the simplest observations of the Councillor sounded to him too daring and phantastical. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 topics topic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Babel babel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Bachelor Bachelor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 simplest simple ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 observations observation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Councillor Councillor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 too too ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 daring daring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 phantastical phantastical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Councillor | | | | | with other topics; fortunate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | every moment | | | | | about some new confusion | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **threaten** | participle | every moment *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | every moment *not said here* | a perfect Babel | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | the worthy Bachelor | | | | | ignorant *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sound** | past | the simplest observations of the Councillor | | Councillor | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to he=Experiencer | | 7 | **observe** | | | the Councillor | | | | | nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/139/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)