--- title: I was wrapped up in fine, white paper, that I might not mix with the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I was wrapped up in fine, white paper, that I might not mix with the other coins and be lost; and on special occasions, when people from my own country happened to be present, I was brought forward and spoken of very kindly. Who acts: I, people. 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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 (I, people), 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:pg27200:167:83 # text = I was wrapped up in fine, white paper, that I might not mix with the other coins and be lost; and on special occasions, when people from my own country happened to be present, I was brought forward and spoken of very kindly. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 mix mix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 43 forward forward ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap up** | past · passive | | I | | fine white paper | | on special occasions | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in paper=Destination | | 2 | **not** **mix** | might | I | | | | | with the other coins | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with coin=Co-Patient | | 3 | **lose** | infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **happen** | past | people from my own country | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | people from my own country *not said here* | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring forward** | past · passive | | I | | | | forward *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/84/) - ↑ back to [The Silver Shilling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/)