--- title: The General talked of this dinner, talked of it even to a court lady… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The General talked of this dinner, talked of it even to a court lady; and this lady, one of the most intellectual persons about the court, asked to be invited to meet the Professor the next time he should come. Who acts: General. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 3. 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:pg27200:148:112 # text = The General talked of this dinner, talked of it even to a court lady; and this lady, one of the most intellectual persons about the court, asked to be invited to meet the Professor the next time he should come. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 intellectual intellectual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 27 about about ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | the General | | | | | of this dinner | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | past | the General *not said here* | | | | | of dinner; to a court lady | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to lady=Co-Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the General *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **invite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Theme | | 5 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Professor | | | time | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent professor=Co-Agent | | 6 | **come** | should | General | the next time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/148/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/148/113/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/148/)