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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, sighing), 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:pg27200:197:1 # text = During the night, when all the people at the inn were gone to bed, some one was heard to sigh so deeply and painfully, and the sighing continued for so long a time, that every one got up to see what could be the matter. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 sigh sigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 painfully painfully ADV RB _ 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sighing sighing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADJ RB Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · passive | | all people at the inn | | | | to bed | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | some one | | | night | | tree rules | | 3 | **sigh** | infinitive | some one *not said here* | | | | | deeply *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **continue** | past | the sighing | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get up** | past | every one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | could | | the matter | | | | | 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. 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: [The Travelling Companion, pa…, 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/117/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/2/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)