--- title: But he had his number, and his own peg; for everything here was orde… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But he had his number, and his own peg; for everything here was ordered like clockwork, which we all know is of the greatest utility--people get on so much better together when their position and duties are understood. Who acts: father, we, own peg, people. 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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 (father, we, own peg, people), 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:pg27200:129:43 # text = But he had his number, and his own peg; for everything here was ordered like clockwork, which we all know is of the greatest utility--people get on so much better together when their position and duties are understood. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 peg peg NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 clockwork clockwork NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 utility utility NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 on on ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 xcomp _ _ 36 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | father | father's number | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 2 | **order** | past · passive | | everything | | | | like clockwork | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **know** | present | we | clockwork | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | father's own peg | | | | | of the greatest utility | tree rules | | 5 | **get on** | present | people | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **understand** | present · passive | | people's position and duties | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/44/) - ↑ back to [(written For the Schiller Album)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/129/)