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title: The presents of gold and precious stones which had been received wit… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The presents of gold and precious stones which had been received with it were round the bird, and it was now advanced to the title of "Little Imperial Toilet Singer," and to the rank of No. 1 on the left hand; for the emperor considered the left side, on which the heart lies, as the most noble, and 
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, sentence 97

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The presents of gold and precious stones which had been received with it were round the bird, and it was now advanced to the title of "Little Imperial Toilet Singer," and to the rank of No. 1 on the left hand; for the emperor considered the left side, on which the heart lies, as the most noble, and the heart of an emperor is in the same place as that of other people.

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**Who acts:** presents, heart · **What happens:** receive, be, advance, consider, lie, title · **To what, where:** gold, title, left side, same place, Little Imperial Toilet Singer

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (presents, heart), 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:pg27200:125:97
# text = The presents of gold and precious stones which had been received with it were round the bird, and it was now advanced to the title of "Little Imperial Toilet Singer," and to the rank of No. 1 on the left hand; for the emperor considered the left side, on which the heart lies, as the most noble, and the heart of an emperor is in the same place as that of other people.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	round	round	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
30	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	Toilet	Toilet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Singer	Singer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	No.	no.	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
41	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	40	flat	_	_
42	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
50	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	obl	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
59	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
61	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	64	advmod	_	_
64	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
72	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
73	in	in	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
75	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
77	as	as	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	76	nmod	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	78	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive |  | gold and precious stones |  |  |  | with gold | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the presents of gold and precious stones |  |  |  |  | round the bird | tree rules |
| 3 | **advance** | past · passive |  | gold |  |  | now | to the title of Little Imperial Toilet Singer and the rank of No. on the left hand *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to title=Goal |
| 4 | **consider** | past |  | the left side |  |  |  | for the emperor | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent side=Attribute |
| 5 | **lie** | present | the heart |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location |
| 6 | **is** | present | the heart of a emperor |  |  | the same place |  | as that | tree rules |
| 7 | **title** |  |  | Little Imperial Toilet Singer |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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