--- title: And with this the conversation turned naturally to noblemen and comm… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And with this the conversation turned naturally to noblemen and commoners; from the manner in which the tutor spoke about the significance of being noble, it seemed almost as if he did not belong to a commoner's family. Who acts: conversation, tutor, it. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/) / 85 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 85 And with this the conversation turned naturally to noblemen and commoners; from the manner in which the tutor spoke about the significance of being noble, it seemed almost as if he did not belong to a commoner's family. **Who acts:** conversation, tutor, it · **What happens:** turn, speak, be, seem, not belong · **To what, where:** manner · **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 (conversation, tutor, it), 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:pg27200:155:85 # text = And with this the conversation turned naturally to noblemen and commoners; from the manner in which the tutor spoke about the significance of being noble, it seemed almost as if he did not belong to a commoner's family. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 noblemen nobleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 commoners commoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tutor tutor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 almost almost ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 commoner commoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | this conversation | | | the manner | | to noblemen and commoners *result*; naturally *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent to nobleman=Result from manner=Initial\_State | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the tutor | | | the manner | | about the significance | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about significance=Topic | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | noble *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | almost *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **belong** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | tutor | | | | | to a commoner's family | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/86/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)