--- title: And though he was well spoken of, did he not also wish to kill the a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And though he was well spoken of, did he not also wish to kill the architect who built the castle for him, with its thick walls and tower, at the point where the Skjaerumaa falls into the bay? Who acts: Sir, architect, Skjaerumaa. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Sir, architect, Skjaerumaa), 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:pg27200:159:59 # text = And though he was well spoken of, did he not also wish to kill the architect who built the castle for him, with its thick walls and tower, at the point where the Skjaerumaa falls into the bay? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 architect architect NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Skjaerumaa Skjaerumaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | | Sir | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | Sir | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sir *not said here* | the architect | | the point | | with castle's thick walls and tower | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent architect=Patient with wall=Instrument | | 4 | **build** | past | the architect | the castle | | | | for Sir | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent castle=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **fall** | present | the Skjaerumaa | | | | | into the bay *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into bay=Result | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/60/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)