--- title: A subaltern under his orders had cut off one of the princes, and tak… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A subaltern under his orders had cut off one of the princes, and taken him prisoner, and the Prince had been obliged to ride through the town with a little band of captured soldiers, himself a prisoner behind the General. Who acts: 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 (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:pg27200:146:45 # text = A subaltern under his orders had cut off one of the princes, and taken him prisoner, and the Prince had been obliged to ride through the town with a little band of captured soldiers, himself a prisoner behind the General. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 subaltern subaltern NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 41 behind behind ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · perfect · passive | | a subaltern under General's orders | | | | off one of the princes | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | participle | | | General | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **oblige** | past · perfect · passive | | the Prince | | | | General *obl* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **ride** | to-infinitive | | | | the town | | with a little band of captured soldiers | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through town=Trajectory | | 5 | **capture** | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **order** | | General | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/46/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/)