--- title: When she was out there, the festivities began with a song; each of t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When she was out there, the festivities began with a song; each of the guests had written his own song, and each one sang his own song, for he thought that the best, and it was all one, all the same melody. Who acts: Amack, festivities, one, Half. 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C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Amack, festivities, one, Half), 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:pg27200:136:30 # text = When she was out there, the festivities began with a song; each of the guests had written his own song, and each one sang his own song, for he thought that the best, and it was all one, all the same melody. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 festivities festivity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Amack | | | | | out, there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | the festivities | | | | | with a song | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with song=Subeventuality | | 3 | **write** | past · perfect · passive | | each | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient song=Topic | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | each one | guest's own song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Half | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | song | one and all same melody | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sing** | | guest | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **sing** | | guest | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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. 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/31/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)