--- title: After there had been a little dancing, the princess told the magicia… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: After there had been a little dancing, the princess told the magician that she had a new suitor, and asked him what she could think of for the suitor to guess when he came to the castle the next morning. Who acts: princess, suitor. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (princess, suitor), 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:pg27200:197:115 # text = After there had been a little dancing, the princess told the magician that she had a new suitor, and asked him what she could think of for the suitor to guess when he came to the castle the next morning. 1 After after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | participle | | | | | after a little dancing | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | the magician | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent magician=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | princess | a new suitor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the princess *not said here* | | suitor | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | could | princess | | | | | of the suitor | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **guess** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** | past | suitor | | | the castle | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/114/) - next →: [The Travelling Companion, pa…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/1/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)