--- title: The oldest of the policemen used to make a speech from the platform… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The oldest of the policemen used to make a speech from the platform on which the shield was hung up, and the speech was in verse, as if it had been made by a poet, as, indeed it had; for three people had concocted it together, and they had first drunk a good bowl of punch, so that the speech might t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/) / 15 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield, sentence 15 The oldest of the policemen used to make a speech from the platform on which the shield was hung up, and the speech was in verse, as if it had been made by a poet, as, indeed it had; for three people had concocted it together, and they had first drunk a good bowl of punch, so that the speech might turn out well. **Who acts:** oldest, speech, poet · **What happens:** use, make, hang up, be, have, concoct · **To what, where:** speech, platform, shield, verse, people This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (oldest, speech, poet), 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:pg27200:184:15 # text = The oldest of the policemen used to make a speech from the platform on which the shield was hung up, and the speech was in verse, as if it had been made by a poet, as, indeed it had; for three people had concocted it together, and they had first drunk a good bowl of punch, so that the speech might turn out well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 policemen policeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 platform platform NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 concocted concoct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 together together ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 57 advmod _ _ 57 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 parataxis _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 punch punch NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 69 mark _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 68 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 70 out out ADP RP _ 69 compound:prt _ _ 71 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | the oldest | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the oldest *not said here* | a speech | | the platform | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset speech=Product from platform=Material | | 3 | **hang up** | past · passive | | the shield | | the platform | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the speech | | | verse | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | a poet | speech | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | | 6 | **have** | past | speech | | | | | indeed *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **concoct** | past · perfect | the oldest *not said here* | speech | | | | for three people; together *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Result for people=Beneficiary | | 8 | **drink** | past · perfect · passive | | people | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **turn out** | might | the speech | | | | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/16/) - ↑ back to [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/)