--- title: These "pepper gentlemen," or, as they are called in England, "old ba… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: These "pepper gentlemen," or, as they are called in England, "old bachelors," are often made a butt of ridicule; they are told to put on their nightcaps, draw them over their eyes, and go to sleep. Who acts: These, gentlemen. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (These, gentlemen), 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:pg27200:128:13 # text = These "pepper gentlemen," or, as they are called in England, "old bachelors," are often made a butt of ridicule; they are told to put on their nightcaps, draw them over their eyes, and go to sleep. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bachelors bachelor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 often often ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 butt butt NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 ridicule ridicule NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 nightcaps nightcap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gentleman** *in a quote* | | These | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | England | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **make** | present · passive | | pepper gentlemen | | | | often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary butt=Product | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | | | gentlemen's nightcaps | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on nightcap=Destination | | 6 | **draw** | infinitive | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | gentlemen's eyes | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | 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. 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