--- title: "What is to happen will happen," exclaimed the last, as he was shot… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "What is to happen will happen," exclaimed the last, as he was shot out of the pea-shooter; and as he spoke he flew up against an old board under a garret-window, and fell into a little crevice, which was almost filled up with moss and soft earth. Who acts: boy. 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C. Andersen, The Pea Blossom. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy), 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:pg27200:141:20 # text = "What is to happen will happen," exclaimed the last, as he was shot out of the pea-shooter; and as he spoke he flew up against an old board under a garret-window, and fell into a little crevice, which was almost filled up with moss and soft earth. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happen happen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 shooter shooter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 crevice crevice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 51 almost almost ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | happen *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | | the last | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **shoot** | past · passive | | boy | | the pea shooter | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme out shooter=Destination | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | boy | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fly up** | past | boy | | | a garret window | | against a old board | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent against board=Location | | 7 | **fall** | past | | | | | | into a little crevice *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into crevice=Result | | 8 | **fill up** | past · passive | | a little crevice | | | | with moss and soft earth; almost *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with moss=Instrument | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/21/) - ↑ back to [The Pea Blossom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/)