--- title: The man did as he was told; the architect did not turn round, but ca… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The man did as he was told; the architect did not turn round, but called back "The tower does not shake in the least, but one day a man will come from the west in a blue cloak--he will cause it to shake!" Who acts: man, architect, tower. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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 (man, architect, tower), 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:pg27200:159:63 # text = The man did as he was told; the architect did not turn round, but called back "The tower does not shake in the least, but one day a man will come from the west in a blue cloak--he will cause it to shake!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 architect architect NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 round round ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | man | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **turn round** | past · do-support | the architect | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **call back** *speech: assert* | participle | the architect *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **shake** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the tower | | | the least | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in least=Location | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | future | a man | | | the west in a blue cloak | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from west=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cause** *in a quote* | future | architect | tower | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shake** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | tower *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/64/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)