--- title: Thus, for instance, some who wanted to go to a very grave assembly o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Thus, for instance, some who wanted to go to a very grave assembly of elderly men, where important affairs were to be discussed, found themselves in a noisy boys' school, where all the company were leaping over the chairs and tables. Who acts: some, company. 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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 (some, company), 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:pg27200:184:52 # text = Thus, for instance, some who wanted to go to a very grave assembly of elderly men, where important affairs were to be discussed, found themselves in a noisy boys' school, where all the company were leaping over the chairs and tables. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 elderly elderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 21 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 discussed discuss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 acl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | some | | | | | for instance; thus *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | | | a grave assembly of elderly men | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to assembly=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **discuss** *speech: other* | past · passive | some *not said here* | important affairs | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **find** | past | some *not said here* | affairs *= affair* | | a noisy boys's school | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic | | 5 | **leap** | past · progressive | all company | | | the chairs and tables | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over chair=Trajectory | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/53/) - ↑ back to [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/)