--- title: The lamp had very great anxiety about the next day, for he knew that… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The lamp had very great anxiety about the next day, for he knew that he had to appear for the first time at the town hall, to be inspected by the mayor and the council, who were to decide if he were fit for further service or not;--whether the lamp was good enough to be used to light the inhabitants --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/6/) [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/) / 6 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Street Lamp, sentence 6 The lamp had very great anxiety about the next day, for he knew that he had to appear for the first time at the town hall, to be inspected by the mayor and the council, who were to decide if he were fit for further service or not;--whether the lamp was good enough to be used to light the inhabitants of one of the suburbs, or in the country, at some factory; and if not, it would be sent at once to an iron foundry, to be melted down. **Who acts:** lamp, theatre, mayor, council · **What happens:** have, know, appear, inspect, decide, be · **To what, where:** great anxiety, inhabitants, lamp · **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 (lamp, theatre, mayor, council), 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:pg27200:133:6 # text = The lamp had very great anxiety about the next day, for he knew that he had to appear for the first time at the town hall, to be inspected by the mayor and the council, who were to decide if he were fit for further service or not;--whether the lamp was good enough to be used to light the inhabitants of one of the suburbs, or in the country, at some factory; and if not, it would be sent at once to an iron foundry, to be melted down. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 inspected inspect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 58 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 59 enough enough ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 advcl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 suburbs suburb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 73 or or CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 at at ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 80 det _ _ 80 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ; ; PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 83 if if SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 84 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 89 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 86 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj:pass _ _ 87 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 88 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 89 aux:pass _ _ 89 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 90 at at ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 91 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 89 obl _ _ 92 to to ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 93 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 95 det _ _ 94 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 compound _ _ 95 foundry foundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 99 punct _ _ 97 to to PART TO _ 99 mark _ _ 98 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 99 aux:pass _ _ 99 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 89 conj _ _ 100 down down ADP RP _ 99 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the lamp | great anxiety | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anxiety=Patient | | 2 | **know** | past | theatre | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | theatre | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **appear** | to-infinitive | theatre *not said here* | | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **inspect** | to-infinitive · passive | the mayor and the council | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **decide** | past | the council | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | theatre | | | | | for further service; fit *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the lamp | | | | | enough, good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **use** | to-infinitive · passive | the lamp *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **light** | to-infinitive | the lamp *not said here* | the inhabitants of one of the suburbs or the country and some factory | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Product | | 11 | **send** | would · passive | | lamp | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 12 | **melt down** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/7/) - ↑ back to [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/)