--- title: The bottle was discovered when the roof was taken off; they talked a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The bottle was discovered when the roof was taken off; they talked about it, but the bottle did not understand what they said--a language is not to be learnt by living in a loft, even for twenty years. " Who acts: secret, bottle. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** secret, bottle · **What happens:** discover, take off, talk, not understand, say, not be · **To what, where:** bottle, roof, language, loft · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (secret, bottle), 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:pg27200:13:90 # text = The bottle was discovered when the roof was taken off; they talked about it, but the bottle did not understand what they said--a language is not to be learnt by living in a loft, even for twenty years. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roof roof 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 4 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 loft loft NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past · passive | | the bottle | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **take off** | past · passive | | the roof | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **talk** | past | secret | | | | | about roof | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 4 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | the bottle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | secret | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **not** **is** | present · passive | | a language | | | | learn *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | gerund | | | | a loft | year | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in loft=Location | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/91/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)