--- title: The tears came into the hangman's eyes, but the king's will was stro… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The tears came into the hangman's eyes, but the king's will was stronger than the tears; and every week two little teeth were brought to him on a silver plate; he had demanded them, and he had them. Who acts: tears, brother. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tears, brother), 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:pg27200:138:54 # text = The tears came into the hangman's eyes, but the king's will was stronger than the tears; and every week two little teeth were brought to him on a silver plate; he had demanded them, and he had them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 17 than than ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 demanded demand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the tears | | | the hangman's eyes | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into eye=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | future | | | | | | than the tears; strong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · passive | | every week two little teeth | brother | a silver plate | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | past · perfect | brother | king | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Precondition | | 5 | **have** | past | brother | king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/55/) - ↑ back to [Third Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/)