--- title: While the conversation turned on this subject, and was only for a mo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While the conversation turned on this subject, and was only for a moment interrupted by the arrival of a journal that contained nothing worth reading, we will just step out into the antechamber, where cloaks, mackintoshes, sticks, umbrellas, and shoes, were deposited. 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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 (conversation, journal, we), 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:pg1597:5:16 # text = While the conversation turned on this subject, and was only for a moment interrupted by the arrival of a journal that contained nothing worth reading, we will just step out into the antechamber, where cloaks, mackintoshes, sticks, umbrellas, and shoes, were deposited. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 15 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 journal journal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ _ 25 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 antechamber antechamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 38 cloaks cloak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 mackintoshes mackintosh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 umbrellas umbrella NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 deposited deposit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the conversation | | | this subject | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | for a moment | | tree rules | | 3 | **interrupt** | participle | | a moment *not said here* | | | | by the arrival of a journal | tree rules | | 4 | **contain** | past | a journal | nothing | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme | | 5 | **step out** | future | we | | | the antechamber | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into antechamber=Destination | | 6 | **deposit** | past · passive | | cloaks and mackintoshes and sticks and umbrellas and shoes | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **arrive** | | a journal | | | | | | nom arrival «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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/17/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)