--- title: It was a large oil-skin cap, which a sailor-boy of the quay had thro… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was a large oil-skin cap, which a sailor-boy of the quay had thrown over the struggling bird; a coarse hand sought its way carefully in under the broad rim, and seized the clerk over the back and wings. Who acts: object, coarse hand. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (object, coarse hand), 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:pg1597:8:96 # text = It was a large oil-skin cap, which a sailor-boy of the quay had thrown over the struggling bird; a coarse hand sought its way carefully in under the broad rim, and seized the clerk over the back and wings. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 5 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 quay quay NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 struggling struggling NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 coarse coarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | object | a large skin cap | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** | past · perfect · passive | | a sailor boy of the quay | | | | over the struggling bird | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination which=Theme | | 3 | **seek** | past | a coarse hand | object's way | | the broad rim | | carefully *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme in rim=Location | | 4 | **seize** | past | a coarse hand *not said here* | the clerk | | the back and wings | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clerk=Theme | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/97/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)