--- title: The rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck, who carried on trade in Cop… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck, who carried on trade in Copenhagen, did not reside in the town themselves, but sent their clerks, who dwelt in the wooden booths in the Hauschen street, and sold beer and spices. Who acts: rich merchants, 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 (rich merchants, 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:pg27200:128:8 # text = The rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck, who carried on trade in Copenhagen, did not reside in the town themselves, but sent their clerks, who dwelt in the wooden booths in the Hauschen street, and sold beer and spices. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Bremen Bremen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Lubeck Lubeck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Copenhagen Copenhagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 reside reside VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 21 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 clerks clerk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 booths booth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Hauschen Hauschen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 42 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck | | | trade | | in Copenhagen | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in copenhagen=Location | | 2 | **not** **reside** | past · do-support | the rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck *not said here* | | | the town merchants | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | | 3 | **send** | past | the rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck *not said here* | merchants's clerks | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clerk=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | past | merchants's clerks | | | the wooden booths in the Hauschen street | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in booth=Location | | 5 | **sell** | past | the rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck *not said here* | beer and spices | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme | 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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