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title: The third and fourth laid the clean linen carefully in the box, for… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The third and fourth laid the clean linen carefully in the box, for that is a thing that has to be done; and the mother sat by the bed of the youngest, and announced to all the rest that they were to be quiet, for little sister was going to say her prayers. Who acts: third, that, thing, mother. A se
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Thirty-second Evening, sentence 12

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The third and fourth laid the clean linen carefully in the box, for that is a thing that has to be done; and the mother sat by the bed of the youngest, and announced to all the rest that they were to be quiet, for little sister was going to say her prayers.

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**Who acts:** third, that, thing, mother, children, little sister · **What happens:** lay, be, have, do, sit, announce · **To what, where:** clean linen, box, rest, prayers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Thirty-second Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (third, that, thing, mother), 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:pg27200:123:12
# text = The third and fourth laid the clean linen carefully in the box, for that is a thing that has to be done; and the mother sat by the bed of the youngest, and announced to all the rest that they were to be quiet, for little sister was going to say her prayers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	conj	_	_
5	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	announced	announce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	41	det:predet	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
46	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	cop	_	_
47	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
50	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	conj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	xcomp	_	_
56	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past | the third | the clean linen |  | the box |  | carefully *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent linen=Theme in box=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | for a thing | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | a thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | a thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |
| 5 | **sit** | past | the mother |  |  |  |  | by the bed | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by bed=Location |
| 6 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the mother *not said here* |  | all rest |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rest=Recipient |
| 7 | **is** | past | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **go** | past · progressive | little sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | little sister *not said here* | mother's prayers |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 10 | **pray** |  | mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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