--- title: They placed him on the table, and--how many curious things do happen… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They placed him on the table, and--how many curious things do happen in the world!--there he was in the very same room from the window of which he had fallen, there were the same children, the same playthings, standing on the table, and the pretty castle with the elegant little dancer at the door; s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/65/) [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 Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/) / 65 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier, sentence 65 They placed him on the table, and--how many curious things do happen in the world!--there he was in the very same room from the window of which he had fallen, there were the same children, the same playthings, standing on the table, and the pretty castle with the elegant little dancer at the door; she still balanced herself on one leg, and held up the other, so she was as firm as himself. **Who acts:** soldiers, many curious things, fish, same children, same playthings, thing · **What happens:** place, happen, be, fall, stand, balance · **To what, where:** fish, table, world, same room, pretty castle, thing This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (soldiers, many curious things, fish, same children), 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:pg27200:192:65 # text = They placed him on the table, and--how many curious things do happen in the world!--there he was in the very same room from the window of which he had fallen, there were the same children, the same playthings, standing on the table, and the pretty castle with the elegant little dancer at the door; she still balanced herself on one leg, and held up the other, so she was as firm as himself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 playthings plaything NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 elegant elegant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 60 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 dancer dancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 62 at at ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 still still ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 balanced balance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 69 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 68 obj _ _ 70 on on ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 72 nummod _ _ 72 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 76 up up ADP RP _ 75 compound:prt _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 80 so so ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 81 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 82 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 83 as as ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 85 as as ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | fish | | the table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on table=Destination | | 2 | **happen** | present · do-support | many curious things | | | the world; there | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | fish | | | the same room | | from the window | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | past · perfect | fish | | | | | of the window | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of which=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **be** | past | the same children the same playthings | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | the same playthings *not said here* | the pretty castle with the elegant little dancer at the door | | the table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location | | 7 | **balance** | past | thing | thing | | one leg | still | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme on leg=Location | | 8 | **hold up** | past | thing *not said here* | the other | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot other=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | thing | | | | | as fish; firm *property* | tree rules | 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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