--- title: He observed that the wreath which rightly belonged to the beautiful… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He observed that the wreath which rightly belonged to the beautiful was often given the hideous; that the good was often passed by unnoticed, while mediocrity was applauded, when it should have been hissed. Who acts: good, wreath. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (good, wreath), 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:pg27200:143:85 # text = He observed that the wreath which rightly belonged to the beautiful was often given the hideous; that the good was often passed by unnoticed, while mediocrity was applauded, when it should have been hissed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 often often ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 often often ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 unnoticed unnoticed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 mediocrity mediocrity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 applauded applaud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 hissed hiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past | good | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **belong** | past | the wreath | | | | | to the beautiful; rightly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past · passive | | the wreath | | | | often *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient hideous=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | past · passive | | the good | | | | by unnoticed; often *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme by unnoticed=Destination | | 5 | **applaud** | past · passive | | mediocrity | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **hiss** | should · perfect · passive | | mediocrity | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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. 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