--- title: He walked about in a coat embroidered all over, and in the drawing-r… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He walked about in a coat embroidered all over, and in the drawing-rooms of society looked just like one of those rich pearl-embroidered bell-pulls, which are only made for show; and behind them always hangs a good thick cord for use. Who acts: man, bell. 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C. Andersen, A Cheerful Temper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, bell), 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:pg27200:16:35 # text = He walked about in a coat embroidered all over, and in the drawing-rooms of society looked just like one of those rich pearl-embroidered bell-pulls, which are only made for show; and behind them always hangs a good thick cord for use. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 nmod _ _ 25 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 26 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 29 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 behind behind ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 43 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 44 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | man | | | a coat | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in coat=Trajectory | | 2 | **embroider** | participle | | a coat *not said here* | | | | over *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | man *not said here* | one of those | | the drawing rooms of society | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Attribute | | 4 | **embroider** | participle | bell *not said here* | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pull** | present | bell | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | present · passive | | | | | | for show | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for show=Asset | | 7 | **hang** | present | man *not said here* | a good thick cord | | | | behind rooms *= room*; for use; always *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cord=Theme behind they=Destination | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/36/) - ↑ back to [A Cheerful Temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/)