--- title: Here we are reminded again of the song about "The King of England's… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Here we are reminded again of the song about "The King of England's Son," for in it mention is made of the custom prevalent at the time, when knights and squires plundered those who had been saved from shipwreck. Who acts: knights. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (knights), 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:pg27200:159:2 # text = Here we are reminded again of the song about "The King of England's Son," for in it mention is made of the custom prevalent at the time, when knights and squires plundered those who had been saved from shipwreck. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 reminded remind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 22 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 custom custom ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 prevalent prevalent NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 squires squire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 plundered plunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 obj _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 shipwreck shipwreck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | present · passive | | we | | here | again | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | mention | | | time | of the song about the King of England's Son for song; of the custom prevalent | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **plunder** | past | knights and squires | those | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Source | | 4 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | | | shipwreck | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from shipwreck=Source | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/3/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)