--- title: Then he would rise from his bed, creep down the ladder--for it could… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he would rise from his bed, creep down the ladder--for it could scarcely be called a flight of stairs--and when he reached the fire-pan not a spark could be seen; so he had just to go back again to bed. Who acts: coal. 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 (coal), 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:pg27200:128:48 # text = Then he would rise from his bed, creep down the ladder--for it could scarcely be called a flight of stairs--and when he reached the fire-pan not a spark could be seen; so he had just to go back again to bed. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 creep creep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spark spark NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | would | coal | | | coal's bed | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **creep down** | infinitive | coal *not said here* | the ladder | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ladder=Theme | | 3 | **call** | could · passive | | ladder | | | | scarcely *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **reach** | past | coal | the fire pan | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pan=Theme | | 5 | **see** | could · passive | | a spark | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **go back** | past | coal | | | | again | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | 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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