--- title: *This relates to a book published some years ago in Germany, and sai… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: *This relates to a book published some years ago in Germany, and said to be by Herschel, which contained a description of the moon and its inhabitants, written with such a semblance of truth that many were deceived by the imposture. Who acts: This, Herschel, imposture. 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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 (This, Herschel, imposture), 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:pg1597:6:105 # text = *This relates to a book published some years ago in Germany, and said to be by Herschel, which contained a description of the moon and its inhabitants, written with such a semblance of truth that many were deceived by the imposture. 1 * * PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Germany Germany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Herschel Herschel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 semblance semblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 imposture imposture NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | present | This | | | | | to a book | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to book=Co-Theme | | 2 | **publish** | participle | | a book *not said here* | | Germany | | ago *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | by Herschel | tree rules | | 5 | **contain** | past | Herschel | a description of the moon and moon's inhabitants | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot description=Theme | | 6 | **write** | participle | | a description of the moon and moon's inhabitants *not said here* | | | | with such semblance of truth | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **deceive** | past · passive | the imposture | many | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **describe** | | | the moon | | | | | nom description «communication 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/106/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)