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title: It was only two days ago that the camel, adorned with furs and with… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: It was only two days ago that the camel, adorned with furs and with costly shawls, had carried her, the beauteous bride, round the walls of the city, while drums and cymbals had sounded, the women sang, and festive shots, of which the bridegroom fired the greatest number, resounded round the camel; 
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Twentieth Evening, sentence 9

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It was only two days ago that the camel, adorned with furs and with costly shawls, had carried her, the beauteous bride, round the walls of the city, while drums and cymbals had sounded, the women sang, and festive shots, of which the bridegroom fired the greatest number, resounded round the camel; and now he was journeying with the caravan across the desert.

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**Who acts:** gourd, drums, women, bridegroom · **What happens:** be, adorn, carry, round, sound, sing · **To what, where:** camel, walls, festive shots, greatest number, desert

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Twentieth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gourd, drums, women, bridegroom), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:111:9
# text = It was only two days ago that the camel, adorned with furs and with costly shawls, had carried her, the beauteous bride, round the walls of the city, while drums and cymbals had sounded, the women sang, and festive shots, of which the bridegroom fired the greatest number, resounded round the camel; and now he was journeying with the caravan across the desert.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	furs	fur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	shawls	shawl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
21	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	beauteous	beauteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	round	round	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
35	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	cymbals	cymbal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
38	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
43	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	festive	festive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	shots	shot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
53	fired	fire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	56	amod	_	_
56	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	resounded	resound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	acl	_	_
59	round	round	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	67	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
64	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	67	advmod	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
66	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
67	journeying	journey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
68	with	with	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	_
71	across	across	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | gourd |  |  |  | day | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **adorn** | participle |  | the camel *not said here* |  |  |  | with furs and costly shawls | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fur=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | the camel |  |  |  | the beauteous bride *obl* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary she=Value |
| 4 | **round** | infinitive |  | the walls of the city |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
| 5 | **sound** | past · perfect | drums and cymbals |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the women | festive shots |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shot=Theme |
| 7 | **fire** | past | the bridegroom | the greatest number |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent number=Theme of which=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **resound** | participle |  | the greatest number *not said here* |  |  |  | round the camel | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **journey** | past · progressive | bridegroom |  |  | the desert | now | with the caravan | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across desert=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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