--- title: The Professor, who was received in the King's palace, might very wel… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Professor, who was received in the King's palace, might very well be received by the General; but that he could ever belong to the house was out of the question, only the whole town was talking of it. Who acts: General, whole town. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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, whole town), 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:pg27200:148:116 # text = The Professor, who was received in the King's palace, might very well be received by the General; but that he could ever belong to the house was out of the question, only the whole town was talking of it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 by by 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 , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past · passive | | the Professor | | the King's palace | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in palace=Location | | 2 | **receive** | might · passive | the General | the King's palace *not said here* | | | | well *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **belong** | could | General | | | | ever | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | the question | | to the house | tree rules | | 5 | **talk** | past · progressive | the whole town | the question *not said here* | | | | of person | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent question=Patient | 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/pg27200/148/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/148/117/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/148/)