--- title: He could read and obtain information respecting every people of ever… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He could read and obtain information respecting every people of every land; but not a word could he find to explain the situation of the garden of paradise, and this was just what he most wished to know. Who acts: son, information, word, this. 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C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, information, word, this), 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:pg27200:140:2 # text = He could read and obtain information respecting every people of every land; but not a word could he find to explain the situation of the garden of paradise, and this was just what he most wished to know. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 respecting respect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | could | son | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **obtain** | infinitive | son *not said here* | information | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset information=Theme | | 3 | **respect** | gerund | information *not said here* | every people of every land | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | could | a word | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | a word *not said here* | the situation of the garden of paradise | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent situation=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** | participle | son | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/3/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)