--- title: Then he looked at the picture he had bought at the broker's, and his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he looked at the picture he had bought at the broker's, and his eyes sparkled brightly as he nodded at it, and said, "Ah, she could sing that tune." Who acts: man, eyes, door. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Old House. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, eyes, door), 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:pg27200:131:102 # text = Then he looked at the picture he had bought at the broker's, and his eyes sparkled brightly as he nodded at it, and said, "Ah, she could sing that tune." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 broker broker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sparkled sparkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | man | | | | then | at the picture | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | past · perfect | man | the picture *not said here* | | the broker | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent picture=Theme at broker=Asset | | 3 | **sparkle** | past | man's eyes | | | | | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **nod** | past | man | | | broker | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | could | door | that tune | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/103/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)