--- title: Very soon, however, it would be pushed up again to see if the light… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Very soon, however, it would be pushed up again to see if the light was properly put out; he would touch it, press the wick together, and at last pull his nightcap over his eyes and lie down again on the other side. Who acts: Anthony. 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 (Anthony), 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:pg27200:128:45 # text = Very soon, however, it would be pushed up again to see if the light was properly put out; he would touch it, press the wick together, and at last pull his nightcap over his eyes and lie down again on the other side. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 properly properly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 press press VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wick wick NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 together together ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 nightcap nightcap NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push up** | would · passive | | last | | | again | however, soon *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **put out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the light | | | | properly *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 4 | **touch** | would | Anthony | last | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 5 | **press** | infinitive | Anthony *not said here* | the wick | | | | together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wick=Theme | | 6 | **pull** | infinitive | Anthony *not said here* | Anthony's nightcap | | Anthony's eyes | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightcap=Theme | | 7 | **lie down** | infinitive | Anthony *not said here* | | | the other side | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=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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