--- title: Fritters, that a king would have looked upon as a dainty dish, were… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Fritters, that a king would have looked upon as a dainty dish, were placed on the table, and there was wine from the Skjagen vineyard--that is, the sea; for there the grapes come ashore ready pressed and prepared in barrels and in bottles. Who acts: king, wine, that, grapes. 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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 (king, wine, that, grapes), 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:pg27200:161:90 # text = Fritters, that a king would have looked upon as a dainty dish, were placed on the table, and there was wine from the Skjagen vineyard--that is, the sea; for there the grapes come ashore ready pressed and prepared in barrels and in bottles. 1 Fritters fritter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dainty dainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 24 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Skjagen Skjagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 vineyard vineyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 41 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 43 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 barrels barrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 bottles bottle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | would · perfect | a king | Fritters *not said here* | | | | upon a dainty dish | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fritter=Attribute | | 2 | **place** | past · passive | | Fritters | | the table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on table=Destination | | 3 | **be** | past | wine from the Skjagen vineyard | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | that | the sea | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | present | the grapes | | | | | ashore, ready *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **press** | participle | the grapes *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prepare** | participle | the grapes *not said here* | | | barrels and bottles | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/91/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/)