--- title: He stood in the handsomely furnished apartment, and held between his… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He stood in the handsomely furnished apartment, and held between his fingers a small sheet of rose-colored paper, on which some verses were written--written indeed by the officer himself; for who has not, at least once in his life, had a lyrical moment? Who acts: lieutenant. 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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 (lieutenant), 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:pg1597:6:41 # text = He stood in the handsomely furnished apartment, and held between his fingers a small sheet of rose-colored paper, on which some verses were written--written indeed by the officer himself; for who has not, at least once in his life, had a lyrical moment? 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 handsomely handsomely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 31 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 obl _ _ 44 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 lyrical lyrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | lieutenant | | | the furnished apartment | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in apartment=Location | | 2 | **furnish** | participle | | | | | | handsomely *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold** | past | lieutenant *not said here* | a small sheet of colored paper | | lieutenant's fingers | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheet=Theme between finger=Location | | 4 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write** | past · passive | | some verses | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 6 | **write** | participle | | | | | | by the officer lieutenant; indeed *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **have** | present | | | | | | once *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | | | | | moment | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/42/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)