--- title: Nor did he forget it, though he saw many other grand spectacles in h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Nor did he forget it, though he saw many other grand spectacles in his time, and could tell about them too; but it was most pleasant of all to hear him tell about the shield that was brought in the town from the old to the new court-house. Who acts: Nor, feast. 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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 (Nor, feast), 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:pg27200:184:21 # text = Nor did he forget it, though he saw many other grand spectacles in his time, and could tell about them too; but it was most pleasant of all to hear him tell about the shield that was brought in the town from the old to the new court-house. 1 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 29 advmod _ _ 29 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 50 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | Nor | feast | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Nor | many other grand spectacles | | | in Nor's time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spectacle=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Nor *not said here* | | | | | about spectacles *= spectacle* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | feast | | | | | of all; pleasant *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | feast *not said here* | Nor | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Nor *not said here* | | | | | about the shield | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about shield=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | past · passive | | the shield | | the town | | from the old | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from old=Initial\_Location | 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. 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