--- title: He did so; but just as he was going, the others remarked what he was… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He did so; but just as he was going, the others remarked what he was about; they laid hold of him by the legs; and now, happily for him, off fell his fatal shoes--and with them the charm was at an end. Who acts: man, others, charm. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, others, charm), 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:pg1597:6:14 # text = He did so; but just as he was going, the others remarked what he was about; they laid hold of him by the legs; and now, happily for him, off fell his fatal shoes--and with them the charm was at an end. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 remarked remark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 happily happily ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 off off ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **remark** *speech: assert* | past | the others | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **lay** | past | others *= other* | hold of man | | | | by the legs | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme by leg=Destination | | 5 | **fall** | past | man *not said here* | man's fatal shoes | | | now | off *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient shoe=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | the charm | | | | at a end | with others *= other* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold** | | | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/15/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)