--- title: Then he immediately spoke to John's comrade, and promised him all th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he immediately spoke to John's comrade, and promised him all the money he might receive at the next evening's performance, if he would only rub the ointment on four or five of his dolls. Who acts: man, next evening. 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 (man, next evening), 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:pg27200:197:5 # text = Then he immediately spoke to John's comrade, and promised him all the money he might receive at the next evening's performance, if he would only rub the ointment on four or five of his dolls. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 performance performance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | then | to John's comrade; immediately *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to comrade=Co-Agent | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | man *not said here* | all money | man | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal money=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | might | man | all money *not said here* | | the next evening's performance | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Theme at performance=Location | | 4 | **rub** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | man | the ointment | | four | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on four=Destination | | 5 | **perform** | | the next evening | | | | | | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/6/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)