--- title: They did not leave behind them wealth, they left behind them far les… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They did not leave behind them wealth, they left behind them far less than people had believed they possessed; what there was went to families distantly related to them, of whom, till then, no one had ever heard. Who acts: children, people, one. 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C. Andersen, The Old Grave-stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, people, 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:pg27200:130:33 # text = They did not leave behind them wealth, they left behind them far less than people had believed they possessed; what there was went to families distantly related to them, of whom, till then, no one had ever heard. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 obl _ _ 15 than than SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 28 distantly distantly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | past · do-support | children *= child* | wealth | | | | behind things *= thing* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme behind they=Location | | 2 | **leave** | past | children *= child* | less | | | | behind things *= thing* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind they=Location | | 3 | **believe** | past · perfect | people | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **possess** | past | people | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **go** | past | | | | families | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to family=Initial\_Location of whom=Destination | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect | no one | | | | ever | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/34/) - ↑ back to [The Old Grave-stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/130/)