--- title: They were placed on the counter as samples, and after lying there a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They were placed on the counter as samples, and after lying there a long time they at last fell in love with each other; but neither of them spoke of it to the other, as they should have done if they expected anything to follow. ' Who acts: cakes, neither. 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' **Who acts:** cakes, neither · **What happens:** place, lie, fall, speak, do, expect · **To what, where:** cakes, counter, long time, love, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cakes, neither), 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:pg27200:202:26 # text = They were placed on the counter as samples, and after lying there a long time they at last fell in love with each other; but neither of them spoke of it to the other, as they should have done if they expected anything to follow. ' 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 counter counter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 samples sample NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nmod _ _ 20 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 20 obl _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 31 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · passive | | cakes *= cake* | | the counter | | as samples | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on counter=Destination | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | | | | there | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | cakes *= cake* | a long time *not said here* | | love | | with each | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient time=Result | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | neither | | | | | of love; to the other | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to other=Co-Agent | | 5 | **do** | should · perfect | cakes *= cake* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **expect** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | cakes *= cake* | anything | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 7 | **follow** | to-infinitive | cakes *= cake* *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/27/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)