--- title: They took hold of the worthy man; who, hearing on every side that he… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They took hold of the worthy man; who, hearing on every side that he was intoxicated, did not in the least doubt the truth of this certainly not very polite assertion; but on the contrary, implored the ladies and gentlemen present to procure him a hackney-coach: they, however, imagined he was talkin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/10/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/) / 10 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 10 They took hold of the worthy man; who, hearing on every side that he was intoxicated, did not in the least doubt the truth of this certainly not very polite assertion; but on the contrary, implored the ladies and gentlemen present to procure him a hackney-coach: they, however, imagined he was talking Russian. **Who acts:** gesticulations, ladies, man · **What happens:** take, hear, intoxicate, not do, implore, present · **To what, where:** hold, side, man, least doubt, contrary, hackney coach This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gesticulations, ladies, man), 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:pg1597:6:10 # text = They took hold of the worthy man; who, hearing on every side that he was intoxicated, did not in the least doubt the truth of this certainly not very polite assertion; but on the contrary, implored the ladies and gentlemen present to procure him a hackney-coach: they, however, imagined he was talking Russian. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 intoxicated intoxicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 30 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 assertion assertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 46 present present VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 hackney hackney NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 however however ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 imagined imagine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 ccomp _ _ 63 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | gesticulations *= gesticulation* | hold of the worthy man | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | | | | every side | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **intoxicate** | past · passive | | man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **do** | past | gesticulations *= gesticulation* *not said here* | | | the least doubt | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **implore** | past | | | | the contrary | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **present** | present | the ladies and gentlemen | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **procure** | to-infinitive | the ladies and gentlemen *not said here* | a hackney coach | man | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary coach=Theme | | 8 | **imagine** | past | gesticulations *= gesticulation* | | | | | however *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **talk** | past · progressive | man | | | | | russian *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **hold** | | | the worthy man | | | | | nom hold «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/11/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)