--- title: Then he packed all my dolls into the box, and fastened it on my back… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he packed all my dolls into the box, and fastened it on my back, and I felt as if I were spinning round in a circle, and presently found myself lying on the floor. Who acts: wish, I, myself. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Puppet-show Man. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wish, I, myself), 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:pg27200:152:40 # text = Then he packed all my dolls into the box, and fastened it on my back, and I felt as if I were spinning round in a circle, and presently found myself lying on the floor. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 packed pack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 round round ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 presently presently ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | past | wish | my dolls | | the box | then | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent doll=Theme into box=Destination | | 2 | **fasten** | past | wish *not said here* | box | | | | on my back | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient on back=Co-Patient | | 3 | **feel** | past | I | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **spin round** | past · progressive | I | | | a circle | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory | | 5 | **find** | past | wish *not said here* | myself | | | | presently *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | myself *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/41/) - ↑ back to [The Puppet-show Man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/)