--- title: "Tsing-pe!" cried the lord-in-waiting, and again he ran up and down… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Tsing-pe!" cried the lord-in-waiting, and again he ran up and down stairs, through all the halls and corridors; and half the court ran with him, for they did not like the idea of being trampled upon. Who acts: Tsing pe, pe, court, lords. 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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 (Tsing pe, pe, court, lords), 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:pg27200:125:33 # text = "Tsing-pe!" cried the lord-in-waiting, and again he ran up and down stairs, through all the halls and corridors; and half the court ran with him, for they did not like the idea of being trampled upon. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tsing tsing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 pe pe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 down down ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 corridors corridor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Tsing pe | the lord | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Topic | | 2 | **run up** | past | pe | | | all halls and corridors | again | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hall=Trajectory | | 3 | **run** | past | half court | | | | | with pe | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material | | 4 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | lords *= lord* | the idea | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | | 5 | **trample** | gerund · passive | | the idea *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/34/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)