--- title: He wore gaiters, stiff collars, and powdered hair, and by this he wa… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He wore gaiters, stiff collars, and powdered hair, and by this he was recognized; and, indeed, he might be known by the word of command--"March! halt! front!" Who acts: career, word. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (career, word), 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:pg27200:129:36 # text = He wore gaiters, stiff collars, and powdered hair, and by this he was recognized; and, indeed, he might be known by the word of command--"March! halt! front!" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gaiters gaiter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 collars collar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 powdered powder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 recognized recognize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 36 halt halt NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 38 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | career | gaiters and stiff collars | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent gaiter=Source | | 2 | **powder** | past | | hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 3 | **recognize** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | might · passive | the word of command front and March halt | career | | | | indeed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **word** | | | command | | | | | nom word «communication 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/37/) - ↑ back to [(written For the Schiller Album)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/)