--- title: Ah, indeed, there was no one who thought or supposed, not even the o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, indeed, there was no one who thought or supposed, not even the old church bell which had been the first to sound and chime for him, that he would be the first to sing the beautiful song of "The Bell." Who acts: one, old church bell, boy, Bell. 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C. Andersen, (written For the Schiller Album). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, old church bell, boy, Bell), 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:pg27200:129:15 # text = Ah, indeed, there was no one who thought or supposed, not even the old church bell which had been the first to sound and chime for him, that he would be the first to sing the beautiful song of "The Bell." 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 15 even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 appos _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 chime chime NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Bell Bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | no one | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **suppose** | participle | | the old church bell | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent bell=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | the old church bell | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sound** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | would | boy | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | the beautiful song of the Bell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 8 | **sing** | | the Bell | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/16/) - ↑ back to [(written For the Schiller Album)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/)