--- title: "We were distributed, by the King's command, from the council-houses… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "We were distributed, by the King's command, from the council-houses through the various towns, and proclamation was made of our great value; but no one believed in it, or even understood how to plant us. Who acts: one, King, our. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, What One Can Invent. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, King, our), 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:pg27200:206:39 # text = "We were distributed, by the King's command, from the council-houses through the various towns, and proclamation was made of our great value; but no one believed in it, or even understood how to plant us. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 distributed distribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **distribute** *in a quote* | past · passive | | We | | the council houses | | through the various towns | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past · passive | | proclamation | | | | of our great value | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | participle | no one | | | proclamation | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **understand** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **plant** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | us | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 6 | **command** *in a quote* | | the King | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **value** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: 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. 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