--- title: And they remained as they were; for the hammer really broke off his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And they remained as they were; for the hammer really broke off his engagement with the younger one, for nothing would suit him but he must have a maiden for his bride. Who acts: chips, nothing, name. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chips, nothing, name), 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:pg27200:200:27 # text = And they remained as they were; for the hammer really broke off his engagement with the younger one, for nothing would suit him but he must have a maiden for his bride. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 engagement engagement NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | chips *= chip* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | chips *= chip* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **break off** | past | chips *= chip* *not said here* | name's engagement | | | | for the hammer; with the younger one | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent engagement=Patient with one=Instrument | | 4 | **suit** | would | nothing | name | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | must | name | a maiden | | | | for name's bride | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient | | 6 | **engage** | | name | | | | | | nom engagement «act intransitive»: 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/26/) - next →: [The Ugly Duckling, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/1/) - ↑ back to [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/)