--- title: A wise man in the district advised them to open the grave and see if… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A wise man in the district advised them to open the grave and see if the buried man was not lying sucking his thumb, for if so he must be a sailor, and the sea would not rest until it had got him back. Who acts: wise man, peasants, buried man, man. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wise man, peasants, buried man, man), 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:pg27200:159:101 # text = A wise man in the district advised them to open the grave and see if the buried man was not lying sucking his thumb, for if so he must be a sailor, and the sea would not rest until it had got him back. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 22 sucking suck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 41 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | a wise man in the district | peasants *= peasant* | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **open** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | peasants *= peasant* *not said here* | the grave | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location grave=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | peasants *= peasant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **lie** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | the buried man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **suck** | gerund | the buried man *not said here* | man's thumb | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thumb=Source | | 7 | **is** | must | man | | | | | for a sailor | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **rest** | would | the sea | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **get back** | past · perfect | sea | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/102/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)