--- title: “What's the matter?” asked the Hostess, plucking the Councillor by t… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “What's the matter?” asked the Hostess, plucking the Councillor by the sleeve; and now his recollection returned, for in the course of the conversation he had entirely forgotten all that had preceded it. Who acts: matter, Hostess, recollection, Diana. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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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 (matter, Hostess, recollection, Diana), 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:pg1597:6:2 # text = “What's the matter?” asked the Hostess, plucking the Councillor by the sleeve; and now his recollection returned, for in the course of the conversation he had entirely forgotten all that had preceded it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Hostess hostess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 plucking pluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Councillor Councillor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 recollection recollection NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 preceded precede VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the matter | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Hostess | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pluck** | gerund | the Hostess *not said here* | the Councillor | | | | by the sleeve | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent councillor=Patient | | 4 | **return** | past | Diana's recollection | | | | now | for the course of the conversation | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **forget** | past · perfect | recollection | the conversation *not said here* | | | | entirely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **precede** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **recollect** | | Diana | | | | | | nom recollection «cognition transitive»: poss=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/3/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)