--- title: And when they discovered that he had not the power of naming his suc… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And when they discovered that he had not the power of naming his successor, they said they were very glad to hear it, for the lamp was too old and worn-out to make a proper choice. Who acts: others, worm, power, lamp. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/) / 37 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 37 And when they discovered that he had not the power of naming his successor, they said they were very glad to hear it, for the lamp was too old and worn-out to make a proper choice. **Who acts:** others, worm, power, lamp · **What happens:** discover, have, name, say, be, hear · **To what, where:** power, successor, proper choice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Street Lamp. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, worm, power, lamp), 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:pg27200:133:37 # text = And when they discovered that he had not the power of naming his successor, they said they were very glad to hear it, for the lamp was too old and worn-out to make a proper choice. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 naming name VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 too too ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 worn worn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | others *= other* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | worm | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 3 | **name** | gerund | the power *not said here* | worm's successor | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent successor=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | others *= other* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | others *= other* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | successor | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | the lamp | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | the lamp *not said here* | a proper choice | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/38/) - ↑ back to [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/)