--- title: The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the princess was just playing "Visitors are coming" with her ladies-in-waiting; when she saw the large cases with the presents therein, she clapped her hands for joy. Who acts: emperor, princess, Visitors, name. A sentence of «Fairy Ta --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/9/) [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 Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/) / 9 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Swineherd, sentence 9 The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the princess was just playing "Visitors are coming" with her ladies-in-waiting; when she saw the large cases with the presents therein, she clapped her hands for joy. **Who acts:** emperor, princess, Visitors, name · **What happens:** order, carry, play, come, see, clap · **To what, where:** cases, great hall, large cases, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (emperor, princess, Visitors, name), 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:pg27200:188:9 # text = The emperor ordered them to be carried into the great hall where the princess was just playing "Visitors are coming" with her ladies-in-waiting; when she saw the large cases with the presents therein, she clapped her hands for joy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Visitors visitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 therein therein ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the emperor | | cases *= case* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive · passive | the emperor *not said here* | | | the great hall | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **play** | past · progressive | the princess | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Visitors | | | | | with name's ladies and waiting | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | name | the large cases | | | | with the presents; therein *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus | | 6 | **clap** | past | name | name's hands | | | | for joy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/10/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)