--- title: It had been made a condition with these clerks that they should not… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It had been made a condition with these clerks that they should not marry; so that those who lived to be old had to take care of themselves, to attend to their own comforts, and even to light their own fires, when they had any to light. Who acts: clerks. 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C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (clerks), 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:pg27200:128:10 # text = It had been made a condition with these clerks that they should not marry; so that those who lived to be old had to take care of themselves, to attend to their own comforts, and even to light their own fires, when they had any to light. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 clerks clerk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 comforts comfort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 light light VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 49 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 48 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | pepper | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary condition=Product | | 2 | **not** **marry** | should | clerks *= clerk* | this clerks | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **live** | past | | | | | | so those | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | | care | | | | of clerks *= clerk* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of themselves=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **attend** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to clerks's own comforts | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to comfort=Theme | | 8 | **light** | to-infinitive | | clerks's own fires | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 9 | **have** | past | clerks *= clerk* | any | | | | to light | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient | | 10 | **comfort** | | clerks *= clerk* | | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **fire** | | clerks *= clerk* | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/11/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)