--- title: It was a very pleasant play, not at all mournful; but just as the qu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was a very pleasant play, not at all mournful; but just as the queen stood up and walked across the stage, the great bull-dog, who should have been held back by his master, made a spring forward, and caught the queen in the teeth by the slender wrist, so that it snapped in two. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (air, queen, master), 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:pg27200:196:111 # text = It was a very pleasant play, not at all mournful; but just as the queen stood up and walked across the stage, the great bull-dog, who should have been held back by his master, made a spring forward, and caught the queen in the teeth by the slender wrist, so that it snapped in two. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 22 across across ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 37 back back ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 forward forward ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 fixed _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | air | a pleasant play | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **be** | | air *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand up** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **walk** | past | the queen *not said here* | | | the stage | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across stage=Trajectory | | 5 | **hold back** | should · perfect · passive | dog's master | the great bull dog | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | the queen *not said here* | | | | spring | forward *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **catch** | past | | the queen | | the teeth | | by the slender wrist | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 8 | **snap** | past | air | | | two | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/112/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/)