--- title: One of Jurgen's captors was a fisherman, a brother of the keeper of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One of Jurgen's captors was a fisherman, a brother of the keeper of the castle, and he said it might be managed that Jurgen should be placed for the present in the dungeon at Vosborg, where Long Martha the gipsy had been shut up till her execution. Who acts: One, Jurgen, Vosborg. 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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 (One, Jurgen, Vosborg), 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:pg27200:161:24 # text = One of Jurgen's captors was a fisherman, a brother of the keeper of the castle, and he said it might be managed that Jurgen should be placed for the present in the dungeon at Vosborg, where Long Martha the gipsy had been shut up till her execution. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 captors captor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Vosborg Vosborg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 41 Long Long ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Martha Martha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 gipsy gipsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 till till ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | One of Jurgen's captors | a fisherman and a brother of the keeper of the castle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jurgen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **manage** | might · passive | | castle | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **place** | should · passive | | Jurgen | | Vosborg | | for the present in the dungeon | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at vosborg=Destination | | 5 | **shut up** | past · perfect · passive | | Long Martha | | | till Vosborg's execution | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **execute** | | Vosborg | | | | | | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/25/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/)