--- title: A great concert was to take place, and that is why the baron's young… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A great concert was to take place, and that is why the baron's young son had brought his willow flute with him; but he could not make it sound, nor could his father, and therefore the flute was good for nothing. Who acts: great concert, that, amusement, flute. 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C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great concert, that, amusement, flute), 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:pg27200:155:102 # text = A great concert was to take place, and that is why the baron's young son had brought his willow flute with him; but he could not make it sound, nor could his father, and therefore the flute was good for nothing. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 baron baron NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 willow willow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a great concert | | | | | take *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the baron's young son | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination flute=Theme | | 4 | **not** **make** | could | amusement | flute | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **sound** | infinitive | flute *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | the flute | | | | | for nothing; good, therefore *property* | tree rules | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/103/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)