--- title: Such was the speech of Ole, my friend, the old tower-keeper, a stran… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Such was the speech of Ole, my friend, the old tower-keeper, a strange, talkative old fellow, who seemed to speak out everything that came into his head, and who for all that had many a serious thought deep in his heart. Who acts: Such, strange talkative old fellow, that. 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C. Andersen, Ole the Tower-keeper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Such, strange talkative old fellow, that), 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:pg27200:135:4 # text = Such was the speech of Ole, my friend, the old tower-keeper, a strange, talkative old fellow, who seemed to speak out everything that came into his head, and who for all that had many a serious thought deep in his heart. 1 Such Such PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ole Ole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 talkative talkative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 42 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 44 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 45 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 46 deep deep ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Such | the speech and my friend and the old tower keeper and a strange talkative old fellow | | | | of Ole | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | a strange talkative old fellow | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **speak out** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a strange talkative old fellow *not said here* | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | | | | Ole's head | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | past | that | Ole's many serious thought heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/135/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/135/5/) - ↑ back to [Ole the Tower-keeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/135/)