--- title: John and his companion would not go into the town immediately; so th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: John and his companion would not go into the town immediately; so they stopped at an inn outside the town, to change their clothes; for they wished to appear respectable as they walked through the streets. Who acts: John, towns. 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 (John, towns), 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:pg27200:197:24 # text = John and his companion would not go into the town immediately; so they stopped at an inn outside the town, to change their clothes; for they wished to appear respectable as they walked through the streets. 1 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 outside outside ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 respectable respectable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | would | John and John's companion | | | the town | | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stop** | past | towns *= town* | | | a inn outside the town | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location | | 3 | **change** | to-infinitive | towns *= town* *not said here* | towns's clothes | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **wish** | past | towns *= town* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **appear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | towns *= town* *not said here* | | | | | respectable *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | past | towns *= town* | | | the streets | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory | 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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