--- title: The new proprietor of the estate took a wife, and whom did he take?-… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The new proprietor of the estate took a wife, and whom did he take?--The little goose-girl, who had always remained good and kind, and who looked as beautiful in her new clothes as if she had been a lady of high birth. Who acts: new proprietor, proprietor, wife. 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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 (new proprietor, proprietor, wife), 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:pg27200:155:33 # text = The new proprietor of the estate took a wife, and whom did he take?--The little goose-girl, who had always remained good and kind, and who looked as beautiful in her new clothes as if she had been a lady of high birth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 proprietor proprietor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 34 obl _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the new proprietor of the estate | | a wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 2 | **take** | past · do-support | proprietor | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument whom=Destination | | 3 | **remain** | past · perfect · passive | | the little goose girl | | | | always, good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **look** | past | | | | | | as beautiful; in girl's new clothes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in clothes=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | wife | a lady | | | | of high birth | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/34/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)