--- title: Some of the wisest had taken a few slices of bread and butter with t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Some of the wisest had taken a few slices of bread and butter with them, but they did not share it with their neighbors; they thought if they went in to the princess looking hungry, there would be a better chance for themselves." Who acts: footmen. 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C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (footmen), 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:pg27200:173:38 # text = Some of the wisest had taken a few slices of bread and butter with them, but they did not share it with their neighbors; they thought if they went in to the princess looking hungry, there would be a better chance for themselves." 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 slices slice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 in in ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 amod _ _ 44 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | Some | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme slice=Destination | | 2 | **not** **share** | past · do-support | footmen *= footman* | butter | | | | with footmen's neighbors | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | footmen *= footman* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **go in** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | footmen *= footman* | | | | | to the princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to princess=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **look** | gerund | footmen *= footman* *not said here* | | | | | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | infinitive | | a better chance | | | | for footmen *= footman* | tree rules | | 7 | **slice** | | | bread | | | | | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/39/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)