--- title: Then he tore away the cloth which covered the basket, and what could… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he tore away the cloth which covered the basket, and what could equal the surprise of the pious woman, to find that by a miracle, everything in her basket--the wine, the bread--had all been changed into roses. Who acts: weather, cloth. 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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 (weather, cloth), 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:pg27200:128:195 # text = Then he tore away the cloth which covered the basket, and what could equal the surprise of the pious woman, to find that by a miracle, everything in her basket--the wine, the bread--had all been changed into roses. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 equal equal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore away** | past | weather | the cloth | | | then | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cover** | past | the cloth | the basket | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme basket=Destination | | 3 | **equal** | could | | the surprise of the pious woman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | | that | | | | by a miracle | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 5 | **change** | past · perfect · passive | | a miracle *not said here* | | | | into roses *result*; all *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into rose=Result | | 6 | **surprise** | | | the pious woman | | | | | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: of=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 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/194/) - next →: [sentence 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/196/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)