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title: She had, through the influence of her benefactor, Herr Sivertsen, pr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: She had, through the influence of her benefactor, Herr Sivertsen, procured a free admission for the Agent Fabs, although he did not deserve it in the least, for he was always cutting his jokes about the theatre and teasing our aunt; but she had procured him a free admission to the flies, for all tha
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Our Aunt, sentence 49

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She had, through the influence of her benefactor, Herr Sivertsen, procured a free admission for the Agent Fabs, although he did not deserve it in the least, for he was always cutting his jokes about the theatre and teasing our aunt; but she had procured him a free admission to the flies, for all that.

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**Who acts:** aunt, Judgment · **What happens:** have, procure, not deserve, cut, tease, joke · **To what, where:** influence, free admission, admission, least, jokes, aunt

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (aunt, Judgment), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:139:49
# text = She had, through the influence of her benefactor, Herr Sivertsen, procured a free admission for the Agent Fabs, although he did not deserve it in the least, for he was always cutting his jokes about the theatre and teasing our aunt; but she had procured him a free admission to the flies, for all that.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	influence	influence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Herr	Herr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	Sivertsen	Sivertsen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	procured	procure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Fabs	fab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
27	deserve	deserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	37	advmod	_	_
37	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
40	about	about	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	conj	_	_
45	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
48	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	procured	procure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obj	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	51	conj	_	_
62	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | aunt | the influence of aunt's benefactor |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Patient |
| 2 | **procure** | past |  | a free admission |  |  |  | for the Agent Fabs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent admission=Theme for fab=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **deserve** | past · do-support | Judgment | admission |  | the least |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **cut** | past · progressive | Judgment | Judgment's jokes |  |  |  | about the theatre; always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Product |
| 5 | **tease** | gerund | Judgment *not said here* | our aunt |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aunt=Patient |
| 6 | **procure** | past · perfect · passive |  | aunt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **joke** |  | Judgment |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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