--- title: The old clock was going "tick, tick," and the hands pointed to the t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The old clock was going "tick, tick," and the hands pointed to the time of day, but as they passed through the door into the room they perceived that they were both grown up, and become a man and woman. Who acts: old clock, hands. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old clock, hands), 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:pg27200:176:57 # text = The old clock was going "tick, tick," and the hands pointed to the time of day, but as they passed through the door into the room they perceived that they were both grown up, and become a man and woman. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tick tick NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 tick tick NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 15 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 both both ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 become become VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | the old clock | tick and tick and the hands | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tick=Theme | | 2 | **point** | participle | | the hands *not said here* | | | time | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass** | past | hands *= hand* | | | the door | | into the room | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location into room=Destination | | 4 | **perceive** | past | hands *= hand* | the room *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent room=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **grow up** | past · passive | | hands *= hand* | | | | both *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **become** | infinitive | | a man and woman | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/58/) - ↑ back to [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/)