--- title: They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and me… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers," which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all kn --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/) / 6 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 6 They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers," which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of "the maiden." **Who acts:** arms, news, Maidens, we · **What happens:** have, come, not be, call, be, know · **To what, where:** place, company, maidens, thing, maiden · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Two Maidens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (arms, news, Maidens, we), 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:pg27200:200:6 # text = They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers," which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of "the maiden." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shovels shovel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 wheelbarrows wheelbarrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 measuring measuring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tapes tape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Maidens Maiden PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 no no ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 rammers rammer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 48 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 49 det _ _ 49 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 newest new ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 parataxis _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 58 among among ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 pavers paver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 66 advmod _ _ 66 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 71 by by ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 " " PUNCT `` _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | arms *= arm* | arms's place and measuring tapes | | | | among shovels and hand carts and wheelbarrows | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the news | | | all company | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to company=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | the Maidens but hand rammers *not said here* | maidens | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **is** | past | the Maidens but hand rammers | | | | | new *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | present | we | the thing *not said here* | | | time | by the name of the maiden | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 7 | **name** | | | the maiden | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/7/) - ↑ back to [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/)