--- title: The bridge leading to Palace Square was not to be found; scarcely tr… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The bridge leading to Palace Square was not to be found; scarcely trusting his senses, the nocturnal wanderer discovered a shallow piece of water, and here fell in with two men who very comfortably were rocking to and fro in a boat. Who acts: bridge, nocturnal wanderer, two men. 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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 (bridge, nocturnal wanderer, two men), 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:pg1597:5:56 # text = The bridge leading to Palace Square was not to be found; scarcely trusting his senses, the nocturnal wanderer discovered a shallow piece of water, and here fell in with two men who very comfortably were rocking to and fro in a boat. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Square Square PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 trusting trust VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 nocturnal nocturnal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 in in ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 rocking rock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | gerund | the bridge *not said here* | | Palace Square | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to square=Patient | | 2 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | the bridge | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **trust** | gerund | the bridge *not said here* | Square's senses | | | | scarcely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sens=Theme | | 4 | **discover** | past | the nocturnal wanderer | a shallow piece of water | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 5 | **fall in** | past | the nocturnal wanderer *not said here* | | | here | | with two men | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rock** | past · progressive | two men | | | | | comfortably *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fro** | infinitive | two men *not said here* | | | a boat | | | tree rules | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/57/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)