--- title: But when the watchman gave no reply, the merry roysterer, who was no… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when the watchman gave no reply, the merry roysterer, who was now returning home from a noisy drinking bout, took it into his head to try what a tweak of the nose would do, on which the supposed sleeper lost his balance, the body lay motionless, stretched out on the pavement: the man was dead. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (watchman, merry roysterer, tweak, supposed sleeper), 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:pg1597:7:3 # text = But when the watchman gave no reply, the merry roysterer, who was now returning home from a noisy drinking bout, took it into his head to try what a tweak of the nose would do, on which the supposed sleeper lost his balance, the body lay motionless, stretched out on the pavement: the man was dead. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 watchman watchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 roysterer roysterer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 17 home home ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 bout bout NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 33 det:predet _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tweak tweak NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 sleeper sleeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 52 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 55 out out ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 63 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the watchman | no reply | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent reply=Recipient roysterer=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past · progressive | the merry roysterer | | | a noisy drinking bout | now | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bout=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | past | | roysterer | | passer's head | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into head=Destination | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | would | what tweak of the nose | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **suppose** | participle | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lose** | past | the supposed sleeper | passer's balance and the body | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality | | 8 | **lay** | infinitive | the supposed sleeper *not said here* | | | | | motionless *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stretch out** | participle | the supposed sleeper *not said here* | | | the pavement | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **is** | past | the man | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **tweak** | | | the nose | | | | | nom tweak «act transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **balance** | | passer | | | | | | nom balance «state intransitive»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/4/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)