--- title: All the people at home, in his country, knew this story; and when he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All the people at home, in his country, knew this story; and when he returned, and related his own adventures, they would say it was only an imitation; and he had no desire for such things to be said of him. Who acts: people, music, story. 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C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, music, story), 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:pg27200:165:44 # text = All the people at home, in his country, knew this story; and when he returned, and related his own adventures, they would say it was only an imitation; and he had no desire for such things to be said of him. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 imitation imitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | all people at home and music's country | this story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **return** | past | music | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **relate** | past | music *not said here* | music's own adventures | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | story | a imitation | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | music | no desire | | | | for such things | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | music *not said here* | | | | | of music | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 8 | **adventure** | | music | | | | | | nom adventure «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. 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