--- title: Her portrait, which had been bought at the picture dealer's, went ba… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her portrait, which had been bought at the picture dealer's, went back again to his shop, and there it remained, for no one seemed to know her, or to care for the old picture. Who acts: portrait, shop, one, door. 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 (portrait, shop, one, 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:pg27200:131:118 # text = Her portrait, which had been bought at the picture dealer's, went back again to his shop, and there it remained, for no one seemed to know her, or to care for the old picture. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive | | door's portrait | | the picture dealer | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at dealer=Asset | | 2 | **go back** | past | door's portrait | | | | again | to auction's shop *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to shop=Result | | 3 | **remain** | past | shop | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | no one | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | door | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **care** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | for the old picture | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for picture=Theme | | 7 | **portray** | | door | | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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