--- title: He had found out that the other coins were French and Italian; and o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He had found out that the other coins were French and Italian; and one coin said they were in this town, and another said they were in that, but the shilling was unable to make out or imagine what they meant. Who acts: gentleman, other coins, one coin, coins. 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C. Andersen, The Silver Shilling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gentleman, other coins, one coin, coins), 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:pg27200:167:10 # text = He had found out that the other coins were French and Italian; and one coin said they were in this town, and another said they were in that, but the shilling was unable to make out or imagine what they meant. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Italian Italian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past · perfect | gentleman | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the other coins | | | | | french *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the other coins *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one coin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | coins *= coin* | | | this town | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one coin *not said here* | another | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent another=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | coins *= coin* | | | that | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the shilling | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **make out** | to-infinitive | the shilling *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **imagine** | infinitive | the shilling *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **mean** | past | coins *= coin* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/11/) - ↑ back to [The Silver Shilling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/)