--- title: Now, whether it was the goblin who did it, or the draught, is not kn… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Now, whether it was the goblin who did it, or the draught, is not known, but the window flew open, and out fell the tin soldier, heels over head, from the third story, into the street beneath. Who acts: snuff, goblin, window. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snuff, goblin, window), 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:pg27200:192:29 # text = Now, whether it was the goblin who did it, or the draught, is not known, but the window flew open, and out fell the tin soldier, heels over head, from the third story, into the street beneath. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 24 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 beneath beneath NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | snuff | the goblin or the draught | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | the goblin or the draught | snuff | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **know** | present · passive | | the goblin or the draught | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **fly** | past | the window | | | | | open *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | the window *not said here* | the tin soldier and heels over head | | the third story | | into the street beneath; out *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient soldier=Extent from story=Initial\_State | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/)