--- title: "That is really a great attention from a family of such position," s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "That is really a great attention from a family of such position," said the porter's wife; and George was sent up stairs to show himself in his confirmation clothes, with the hymn-book in his hand. Who acts: That, great attention. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (That, great attention), 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:pg27200:146:80 # text = "That is really a great attention from a family of such position," said the porter's wife; and George was sent up stairs to show himself in his confirmation clothes, with the hymn-book in his hand. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 iobj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 confirmation confirmation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a great attention | | a family of such position | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a great attention | the porter's wife | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | | 3 | **send up** | past · passive | | George | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination stair=Theme | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | | | George | | | with the hymn book in George's hand; in George's confirmation clothes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in clothes=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. 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/81/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/)