--- title: Already a new emperor had been chosen and the people who stood in th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Already a new emperor had been chosen and the people who stood in the street asked the lord-in-waiting how the old emperor was; but he only said, "Pooh!" and shook his head. Who acts: people, emperor. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, emperor), 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:pg27200:125:112 # text = Already a new emperor had been chosen and the people who stood in the street asked the lord-in-waiting how the old emperor was; but he only said, "Pooh!" and shook his head. 1 Already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Pooh Pooh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive | | a new emperor | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | the people | | | the street | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the people | | the lord | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **shake** | past | the people *not said here* | emperor's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/113/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)