--- title: There he read about Holger Danske; and the man read that the tale ha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There he read about Holger Danske; and the man read that the tale had been invented and put together by a monk in France, that it was a romance, "translated into Danish and printed in that language;" that Holger Danske had never really lived, and consequently could never come again, as we have sung, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/25/) [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/) / [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Sa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/) / 25 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman, sentence 25 There he read about Holger Danske; and the man read that the tale had been invented and put together by a monk in France, that it was a romance, "translated into Danish and printed in that language;" that Holger Danske had never really lived, and consequently could never come again, as we have sung, and have been so glad to believe. **Who acts:** man, tale, Holger, we · **What happens:** read, invent, put together, be, translate, print · **To what, where:** tale, romance, Danish, language · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, tale, Holger, 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:pg27200:211:25 # text = There he read about Holger Danske; and the man read that the tale had been invented and put together by a monk in France, that it was a romance, "translated into Danish and printed in that language;" that Holger Danske had never really lived, and consequently could never come again, as we have sung, and have been so glad to believe. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Holger Holger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 Danske Danske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 Holger Holger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 Danske Danske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 flat _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 really really ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 consequently consequently ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 57 again again ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 66 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 68 cop _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | man | | | there | | about Holger | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about holger=Topic | | 2 | **read** | past | the man | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **invent** | past · perfect · passive | | the tale | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 4 | **put together** | participle | | | | | | by a monk in France; together *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by monk=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | past | tale | a romance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **translate** *in a quote* | participle | | a romance *not said here* | | | | into Danish *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into danish=Result | | 7 | **print** *in a quote* | participle | | | | that language | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in language=Destination | | 8 | **have** | past | Holger *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **live** | past | Holger | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **come** | could | | | | | again | consequently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · perfect | we | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 12 | **is** | present · perfect | | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **believe** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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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