--- title: But when persons reside in a place and get used to it, they can alwa… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But when persons reside in a place and get used to it, they can always find something beautiful in it,--something for which they long, even in the most charming spot in the world which is not home. Who acts: persons, charming spot. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (persons, charming spot), 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:pg27200:202:3 # text = But when persons reside in a place and get used to it, they can always find something beautiful in it,--something for which they long, even in the most charming spot in the world which is not home. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reside reside VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 19 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 appos _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 long long VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 35 advmod _ _ 34 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 home home ADV RB _ 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reside** | present | persons | | | a place | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 2 | **use** | infinitive · passive | persons *not said here* | | place | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» | | 3 | **find** | can | persons *= person* | something | | | | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 4 | **long** | present | persons *= person* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for which=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | the charming spot in the world | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/4/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)