--- title: But the old Count--for there was an old Count there, who was still g… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But the old Count--for there was an old Count there, who was still grander than the General, and had a castle of his own--said nothing at all; he heard that it had been designed and drawn by the porter's little son. Who acts: old Count, General. 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C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Count, General), 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:pg27200:146:116 # text = But the old Count--for there was an old Count there, who was still grander than the General, and had a castle of his own--said nothing at all; he heard that it had been designed and drawn by the porter's little son. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 grander grand ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 parataxis _ _ 18 than than ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the old Count | a old Count | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | a old Count | | | | still | than the General; grand *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | a old Count *not said here* | a castle of General's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a old Count *not said here* | nothing | | all | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 5 | **hear** | past | General | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **design** | past · perfect · passive | | Count | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 7 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | by the porter's little son | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/117/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/)