--- title: The poor people in the town, and still more the strangers, were cont… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The poor people in the town, and still more the strangers, were continually making mistakes in the people they wanted to see; nor was this to be avoided, when they went according to the shields that were hung up. Who acts: more, strangers, people. 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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 (more, strangers, people), 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:pg27200:184:51 # text = The poor people in the town, and still more the strangers, were continually making mistakes in the people they wanted to see; nor was this to be avoided, when they went according to the shields that were hung up. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 nsubj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 continually continually ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 17 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 avoided avoid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 36 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 case _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shields shield NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | more | mistakes | | | | in the people; continually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product | | 2 | **want** | past | strangers *= stranger* | the people *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **avoid** | to-infinitive · passive | | the poor people in the town | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location | | 6 | **go** | past | strangers *= stranger* | | | | | accord the shields | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hang up** | past · passive | | the shields | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/52/) - ↑ back to [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/)