--- title: He explained to them what they saw in the pictures of life on the ca… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He explained to them what they saw in the pictures of life on the castle walls--the doings of man, and the progress of events in all the lands of the earth; and the sons often expressed a wish that they could be present, and take a part in these great deeds. Who acts: father, sons, events. A sentenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/) / 54 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 54 He explained to them what they saw in the pictures of life on the castle walls--the doings of man, and the progress of events in all the lands of the earth; and the sons often expressed a wish that they could be present, and take a part in these great deeds. **Who acts:** father, sons, events · **What happens:** explain, see, express, be, take, progress · **To what, where:** sons, pictures, wish, part, great deeds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, sons, events), 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:pg27200:143:54 # text = He explained to them what they saw in the pictures of life on the castle walls--the doings of man, and the progress of events in all the lands of the earth; and the sons often expressed a wish that they could be present, and take a part in these great deeds. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 often often ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 55 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | father | | sons *= son* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past | sons *= son* | | | the pictures of life on the castle walls and the doings of man | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **express** | past | the sons | a wish | | | | often *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 4 | **is** | could | sons *= son* | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | a part | | this great deeds | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in deed=Location | | 6 | **progress** | | events in all lands of the earth | | | | | | nom progress «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/55/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)