--- title: "When Pulcinella was in very bad spirits, she was the only one who c… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "When Pulcinella was in very bad spirits, she was the only one who could force a hearty burst of laughter, or even a smile from him: first she would be melancholy with him, then quieter, and at last quite cheerful and happy. ' Who acts: Pulcinella, only one. 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' **Who acts:** Pulcinella, only one · **What happens:** be, force, burst · **To what, where:** bad spirits, only one, hearty burst, melancholy, laughter This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fifteenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pulcinella, only one), 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:pg27200:106:12 # text = "When Pulcinella was in very bad spirits, she was the only one who could force a hearty burst of laughter, or even a smile from him: first she would be melancholy with him, then quieter, and at last quite cheerful and happy. ' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 Pulcinella Pulcinella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 hearty hearty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 quieter quiet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Pulcinella | | | bad spirits | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Pulcinella | the only one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **force** *in a quote* | could | the only one | a hearty burst of laughter or a smile from ugliness | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burst=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | Pulcinella | melancholy | | | | with ugliness; first *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | | Pulcinella *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **burst** *in a quote* | | | laughter | | | | | nom burst «act transitive»: of=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/106/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/106/13/) - ↑ back to [Fifteenth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/106/)