--- title: You all stood looking very grave, although it was very difficult to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You all stood looking very grave, although it was very difficult to do so, but I laughed so to myself that I fell down from the table, and got a bruise, which is there still; I know it was not right to laugh. Who acts: You, I, bruise, it. 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C. 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 (You, I, bruise, it), 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:pg27200:131:92 # text = You all stood looking very grave, although it was very difficult to do so, but I laughed so to myself that I fell down from the table, and got a bruise, which is there still; I know it was not right to laugh. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 although although SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 expl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 csubj _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bruise bruise NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | You | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | | grave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | You *not said here* | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | past | I | | myself | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to myself=Recipient | | 6 | **fall down** | past | I | | | the table | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **get** | past | | a bruise | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bruise=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | present | a bruise | | | there | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **not** **is** | past | it | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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. 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/93/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)