--- title: But when, on the other hand, the same interior scene remained throug… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But when, on the other hand, the same interior scene remained through five acts, he used to pronounce it a sensible, well-written play, a resting play, which performed itself, without putting up scenes. Who acts: Water, resting play. 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 (Water, resting play), 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:pg27200:139:37 # text = But when, on the other hand, the same interior scene remained through five acts, he used to pronounce it a sensible, well-written play, a resting play, which performed itself, without putting up scenes. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 interior interior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 acts act NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 24 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 amod _ _ 33 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 performed perform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 without without SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | participle | | the same interior scene *not said here* | | five acts | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through act=Location | | 2 | **use** | past | Water | the same interior scene *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent scene=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **pronounce** | to-infinitive | Water *not said here* | much | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme play=Result | | 4 | **write** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rest** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **perform** | past | a resting play | much | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 7 | **put up** | gerund | a resting play *not said here* | scenes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent scene=Goal | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/38/) - ↑ back to [Our Aunt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/)