--- title: "They did not like to be knighted, the good old people," she said; "… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "They did not like to be knighted, the good old people," she said; "their motto was 'everything in the right place,' and it would not be right, they thought, to purchase a title for money. Who acts: families, lady, motto. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (families, lady, motto), 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:pg27200:155:79 # text = "They did not like to be knighted, the good old people," she said; "their motto was 'everything in the right place,' and it would not be right, they thought, to purchase a title for money. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 knighted knight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 motto motto NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 17 ccomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 purchase purchase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | past · do-support | families *= family* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **knight** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | families *= family* *not said here* | the good old people | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | families's motto | everything | | the right place | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | would | motto | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | families *= family* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **purchase** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a title | | | | for money | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent title=Theme for money=Asset | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/80/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)