--- title: In the evening he went out again on his balcony, taking care to plac… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening he went out again on his balcony, taking care to place the light behind him; for he knew that a shadow always wants his master for a screen; but he could not entice him out. Who acts: music, shadow. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (music, shadow), 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:pg27200:165:46 # text = In the evening he went out again on his balcony, taking care to place the light behind him; for he knew that a shadow always wants his master for a screen; but he could not entice him out. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 behind behind ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 28 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 entice entice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | music | | | music's balcony | again; evening | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | gerund | music *not said here* | care | | | | to place; behind music | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument care=Theme light=Destination | | 3 | **know** | past | music | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **want** | present | a shadow | music's master | | | | for a screen; always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot master=Theme | | 5 | **not** **entice out** | could | music | heat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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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