--- title: “A certain person had an aunt, who boasted of particular skill in fo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “A certain person had an aunt, who boasted of particular skill in fortune-telling with cards, and who was constantly being stormed by persons that wanted to have a peep into futurity. Who acts: certain person, aunt, persons. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (certain person, aunt, persons), 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:pg1597:7:46 # text = “A certain person had an aunt, who boasted of particular skill in fortune-telling with cards, and who was constantly being stormed by persons that wanted to have a peep into futurity. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 boasted boast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 stormed storm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 peep peep NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 futurity futurity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | a certain person | a aunt | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aunt=Patient | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | a aunt | | | | | of particular skill | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | a aunt *not said here* | | | | | with cards | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **storm** *in a quote* | past · progressive · passive | persons | | | | | constantly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | past | persons | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | persons *not said here* | a peep | | futurity | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peep=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/47/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)