--- title: Wait a bit," said he, and he placed the orb under his arm, so that h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Wait a bit," said he, and he placed the orb under his arm, so that he could offer the other hand to John; but when he found that John was another suitor, he began to weep so violently, that both the sceptre and the orb fell to the floor, and he was obliged to wipe his eyes with his dressing gown. 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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, sceptre), 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:pg27200:197:55 # text = Wait a bit," said he, and he placed the orb under his arm, so that he could offer the other hand to John; but when he found that John was another suitor, he began to weep so violently, that both the sceptre and the orb fell to the floor, and he was obliged to wipe his eyes with his dressing gown. 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 orb orb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 22 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 violently violently ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 both both CCONJ CC _ 49 cc:preconj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 orb orb NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 dressing dressing NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | infinitive | | a bit | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **place** *in a quote* | past | John | the orb | | John's arm | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent orb=Theme under arm=Destination | | 4 | **offer** *in a quote* | could | John | the other hand | John | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to john=Goal | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | past | John | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | John | another suitor | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | John | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **weep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | | | | | violently *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | the sceptre and the orb | | | | | to the floor | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme | | 10 | **oblige** *in a quote* | past · passive | | John | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 11 | **wipe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | John's eyes | | | | with John's dressing gown | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/56/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)