--- title: Then it was labelled "first quality," as if it had carried off the f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then it was labelled "first quality," as if it had carried off the first prize at an examination; besides, the wine and the bottle were both good, and while we are young is the time for poetry. Who acts: first quality, besides, we. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first quality, besides, we), 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:pg27200:13:23 # text = Then it was labelled "first quality," as if it had carried off the first prize at an examination; besides, the wine and the bottle were both good, and while we are young is the time for poetry. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 labelled labell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 off off ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 examination examination NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 both both ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **labell** | past · passive | | bottle | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry off** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | first quality *not said here* | bottle | | | | off the first prize at a examination | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary prize=Value | | 3 | **is** | past | besides and the wine and the bottle | | | | | both, good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | we | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the young time | | | | for poetry | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/24/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)