--- title: As soon as he received the sword he anointed six of the dolls with t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he received the sword he anointed six of the dolls with the ointment, and they were able immediately to dance so gracefully that all the living girls in the room could not help joining in the dance. Who acts: showman, dolls, living girls. 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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 (showman, dolls, living girls), 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:pg27200:197:7 # text = As soon as he received the sword he anointed six of the dolls with the ointment, and they were able immediately to dance so gracefully that all the living girls in the room could not help joining in the dance. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 anointed anoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 22 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 38 joining join VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | showman | the sword | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **anoint** | past | showman | six of the dolls with the ointment | | | | soon *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | dolls *= doll* | | | | | able, immediately *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dance** | to-infinitive | dolls *= doll* *not said here* | | | | | gracefully *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **help** | could | all living girls in the room | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **join** *not said to happen* | gerund | all living girls in the room *not said here* | | | | | in the dance | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dance=Theme | 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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