--- title: A telegram used to be dispatched to her at coffee-time, and it used… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A telegram used to be dispatched to her at coffee-time, and it used to consist of the words, "Herr Sivertsen is at the machinery;" for it was he who gave the signal for drawing the curtain up and down and for changing the scenes. Who acts: telegram, Herr Sivertsen, theatre, Sivertsen. 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C. Andersen, Our Aunt. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (telegram, Herr Sivertsen, theatre, Sivertsen), 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:pg27200:139:32 # text = A telegram used to be dispatched to her at coffee-time, and it used to consist of the words, "Herr Sivertsen is at the machinery;" for it was he who gave the signal for drawing the curtain up and down and for changing the scenes. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 telegram telegram NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 dispatched dispatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 consist consist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Herr Herr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Sivertsen Sivertsen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 machinery machinery NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 up up ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 44 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | a telegram *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **dispatch** | to-infinitive · passive | | | telegram | | time | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to she=Destination | | 3 | **use** | past | a telegram | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **consist** | to-infinitive | a telegram *not said here* | | | | | of the words | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Herr Sivertsen | | | the machinery | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | theatre | | | | | for Sivertsen | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | past | Sivertsen | the signal | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme | | 8 | **draw** | gerund | Sivertsen *not said here* | the curtain | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | | 9 | **change** | gerund | Sivertsen *not said here* | the scenes | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/33/) - ↑ back to [Our Aunt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/)