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title: The two lazy ones were carried quite as far, for they also were eate… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The two lazy ones were carried quite as far, for they also were eaten by pigeons, so they were at least of some use; but the fourth, who wanted to reach the sun, fell into a sink and lay there in the dirty water for days and weeks, till he had swelled to a great size. Who acts: pigeons, peas, fourth
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Pea Blossom, sentence 49

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The two lazy ones were carried quite as far, for they also were eaten by pigeons, so they were at least of some use; but the fourth, who wanted to reach the sun, fell into a sink and lay there in the dirty water for days and weeks, till he had swelled to a great size.

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**Who acts:** pigeons, peas, fourth, world · **What happens:** carry, eat, be, want, reach, fall · **To what, where:** two lazy ones, peas, least, sun, sink, dirty water

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (pigeons, peas, fourth, world), 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:pg27200:141:49
# text = The two lazy ones were carried quite as far, for they also were eaten by pigeons, so they were at least of some use; but the fourth, who wanted to reach the sun, fell into a sink and lay there in the dirty water for days and weeks, till he had swelled to a great size.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
21	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	26	nsubj	_	_
26	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	33	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
40	into	into	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
45	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	44	advmod	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	swelled	swell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	conj	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive |  | the two lazy ones |  |  |  | far *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | past · passive | pigeons | peas *= pea* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | peas *= pea* |  |  | least |  | use *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **want** | past | the fourth |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **reach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fourth *not said here* | the sun |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |
| 6 | **fall** | past |  |  |  |  |  | into a sink *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sink=Result |
| 7 | **lie** | past |  |  |  | the dirty water; there | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
| 8 | **swell** | past · perfect | world |  |  |  |  | to a great size | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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