--- title: There they were on the wall as if blown up there; and as a real expe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There they were on the wall as if blown up there; and as a real expert said that they were painted by a master's hand, they remained there and were restored. " Who acts: pictures, hand. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** pictures, hand · **What happens:** be, blow up, say, paint, remain, restore · **To what, where:** wall, pictures · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (pictures, hand), 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:pg27200:155:123 # text = There they were on the wall as if blown up there; and as a real expert said that they were painted by a master's hand, they remained there and were restored. " 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 expert expert NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | pictures *= picture* | | | the wall; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wall=Location | | 2 | **blow up** | participle | pictures *= picture* *not said here* | | | there | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | pictures *= picture* *not said here* | | | | | as a real expert | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **paint** | past · passive | a master's hand | pictures *= picture* | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | | 5 | **remain** | past | pictures *= picture* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **restore** | past · passive | pictures *= picture* *not said here* | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)» | 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. 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