--- title: Whenever any strangers arrived, the paper was taken out and turned o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Whenever any strangers arrived, the paper was taken out and turned over and over, so that the address, which was only written in pencil, became almost illegible, and at last no one could distinguish any letters on it at all. Who acts: strangers, last one. 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C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strangers, last one), 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:pg27200:13:86 # text = Whenever any strangers arrived, the paper was taken out and turned over and over, so that the address, which was only written in pencil, became almost illegible, and at last no one could distinguish any letters on it at all. 1 Whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 over over ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 over over ADV RB _ 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 so so SCONJ IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 almost almost ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 illegible illegible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 distinguish distinguish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | any strangers | | | | | whenever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take out** | past · passive | | the paper | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **turn over** | past | | the address | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent address=Theme | | 4 | **write** | past · passive | | the address | | pencil | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: which=Theme in pencil=Destination | | 5 | **become** | past | | | | | | illegible *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **distinguish** | could | no last one | any letters | | paper | | at all | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute letter=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. 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/87/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)