--- title: The master and his wife, in whose workshop he was employed, were an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The master and his wife, in whose workshop he was employed, were an old, pious couple; and the two old people became quite fond of the quiet journeyman, who spoke but little, but worked more, and led a pious, Christian life; and even to himself it seemed as if God had removed the heavy burden from h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/98/) [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/) / [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/) / 98 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 2, sentence 98 The master and his wife, in whose workshop he was employed, were an old, pious couple; and the two old people became quite fond of the quiet journeyman, who spoke but little, but worked more, and led a pious, Christian life; and even to himself it seemed as if God had removed the heavy burden from his heart. **Who acts:** workshop, master, two old people, quiet journeyman · **What happens:** employ, be, become, speak, work, lead · **To what, where:** master, old pious couple, pious Christian life, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (workshop, master, two old people, quiet journeyman), 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:pg27200:203:98 # text = The master and his wife, in whose workshop he was employed, were an old, pious couple; and the two old people became quite fond of the quiet journeyman, who spoke but little, but worked more, and led a pious, Christian life; and even to himself it seemed as if God had removed the heavy burden from his heart. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 workshop workshop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 quite quite ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 journeyman journeyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 46 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 even even ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 nsubj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 xcomp _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 65 from from ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | past · passive | the master and master's wife's workshop *not said here* | master | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the master and master's wife | a old pious couple | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | past | the two old people | | | | | fond *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the quiet journeyman | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **work** | past | the two old people *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lead** | past | the two old people *not said here* | a pious Christian life | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 7 | **seem** | past | master | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **remove** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | God | | | | | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/99/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/)