--- title: Jurgen stepped in; but before he had got half-way across, the men wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Jurgen stepped in; but before he had got half-way across, the men whom he had seen riding so hastily, came up, hailed the ferry-man, and commanded him to return in the name of the law. Who acts: Jurgen, men. 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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jurgen, men), 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:pg27200:161:15 # text = Jurgen stepped in; but before he had got half-way across, the men whom he had seen riding so hastily, came up, hailed the ferry-man, and commanded him to return in the name of the law. 1 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 10 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 across across ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 hailed hail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step in** | past | Jurgen | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | Jurgen | half way | | | | the men *obl*; across *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Jurgen | the men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ride** | gerund | the men *not said here* | | | | | hastily *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come up** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hail** | past | | the ferry man | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 7 | **command** | past | Jurgen *not said here* | Jurgen | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jurgen *not said here* | | | the name of the law | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **name** | | | the law | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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. 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