--- title: Palle Dyre had, after the example of Brockenhuus, caused an iron cha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Palle Dyre had, after the example of Brockenhuus, caused an iron chain with a hunting-horn to be hung in his gateway; and when he came riding home, he used to seize the chain, and lift himself and his horse from the ground, and blow the horn. Who acts: Palle. 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C. 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 (Palle), 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:pg27200:149:93 # text = Palle Dyre had, after the example of Brockenhuus, caused an iron chain with a hunting-horn to be hung in his gateway; and when he came riding home, he used to seize the chain, and lift himself and his horse from the ground, and blow the horn. 1 Palle Palle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Dyre Dyre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Brockenhuus Brockenhuus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 gateway gateway NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 31 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Palle | | | | after the example of Brockenhuus | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cause** | past | | a iron chain | | | | with a hunting horn | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition chain=Patient | | 3 | **hang** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | Brockenhuus's gateway | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: in gateway=Location | | 4 | **come** | past | Palle | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ride** | gerund | Palle *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **use** | past | Palle | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **seize** | to-infinitive | Palle *not said here* | the chain | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Theme | | 8 | **lift** | infinitive | | Palle | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 9 | **blow** | infinitive | | the horn | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 10 | **exemplify** | | | Brockenhuus | | | | | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/94/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)