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title: "The 'Judgment of Solomon' was over," he said, "and all the people h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: "The 'Judgment of Solomon' was over," he said, "and all the people had gone away, up stairs and down stairs; but now the real play began, the after-piece, which was the best of all," said the agent. " Who acts: Judgment, people, real play, agent. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Our Aunt, sentence 56

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"The 'Judgment of Solomon' was over," he said, "and all the people had gone away, up stairs and down stairs; but now the real play began, the after-piece, which was the best of all," said the agent. "

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**Who acts:** Judgment, people, real play, agent · **What happens:** be, say, go away, begin, judge · **To what, where:** stairs, Solomon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Judgment, people, real play, agent), 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:pg27200:139:56
# text = "The 'Judgment of Solomon' was over," he said, "and all the people had gone away, up stairs and down stairs; but now the real play began, the after-piece, which was the best of all," said the agent. "
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	up	up	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	down	down	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
31	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
38	after	after	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	35	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	_
50	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Judgment |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go away** *in a quote* | past · perfect | all people |  |  | stairs and stairs |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up stair=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the real play |  |  |  | now |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  | after piece | of all; good *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the agent |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **judge** *in a quote* |  |  | Solomon |  |  |  |  | nom judgment «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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