--- title: But I know from my tame sweetheart that he passed through the palace… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But I know from my tame sweetheart that he passed through the palace gates, saw the guards in their silver uniform, and the servants in their liveries of gold on the stairs, but he was not in the least embarrassed. ' Who acts: I, sweetheart. 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' **Who acts:** I, sweetheart · **What happens:** know, pass, see, not be · **To what, where:** tame sweetheart, palace gates, guards, silver uniform This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (I, sweetheart), 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:pg27200:173:47 # text = But I know from my tame sweetheart that he passed through the palace gates, saw the guards in their silver uniform, and the servants in their liveries of gold on the stairs, but he was not in the least embarrassed. ' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 liveries livery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ _ 43 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | my tame sweetheart | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **pass** | past | sweetheart | | | the palace gates | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through gate=Location | | 3 | **see** | past | sweetheart *not said here* | the guards | | guards's silver uniform | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | sweetheart | | | | | embarrassed *property* | tree rules | 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. 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