--- title: He had on the Shoes; for as yet no lawful owner had appeared to clai… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had on the Shoes; for as yet no lawful owner had appeared to claim them; and besides it was so very dirty out-of-doors, they were just the thing for him, he thought. Who acts: speaker, lawful owner, owner, Shoes. 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 (speaker, lawful owner, owner, Shoes), 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:pg1597:7:55 # text = He had on the Shoes; for as yet no lawful owner had appeared to claim them; and besides it was so very dirty out-of-doors, they were just the thing for him, he thought. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 11 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | speaker | | | the Shoes | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **appear** | past · perfect | no lawful owner | | | | yet | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **claim** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | no lawful owner *not said here* | Shoes *= shoe* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 4 | **beside** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | owner | | | doors | | dirty *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | Shoes *= shoe* | the thing | | | | for speaker | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | speaker | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/56/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)