--- title: She immediately ordered that Soren's father should be taken down, an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She immediately ordered that Soren's father should be taken down, and when they did not obey her, she stamped on the floor, and pulled at her father's sleeve till it was torn to pieces. Who acts: chain, grimaces. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chain, grimaces), 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:pg27200:149:25 # text = She immediately ordered that Soren's father should be taken down, and when they did not obey her, she stamped on the floor, and pulled at her father's sleeve till it was torn to pieces. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 Soren Soren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | chain | | | | | immediately *property* | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take down** | should · passive | | Soren's father | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **not** **obey** | past · do-support | grimaces *= grimace* | chain | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **stamp** | past | chain | | | the floor | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination | | 5 | **pull** | past | chain *not said here* | | | | | at chain's father's sleeve | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at sleeve=Theme | | 6 | **tear** | past · passive | | sleeve | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to piece=Result | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/26/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)