--- title: The builder was a man of low origin, but possessing great pride; his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The builder was a man of low origin, but possessing great pride; his eyes and forehead spoke of large intellect, and Waldemar Daa was fond of listening to him, and so was Waldemar's daughter Ida, the eldest, now about fifteen years old; and while he was building the ship for the father, he was build --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/54/) [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 Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/) / 54 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Wind, sentence 54 The builder was a man of low origin, but possessing great pride; his eyes and forehead spoke of large intellect, and Waldemar Daa was fond of listening to him, and so was Waldemar's daughter Ida, the eldest, now about fifteen years old; and while he was building the ship for the father, he was building for himself a castle in the air, in which he and Ida were to live when they were married. **Who acts:** builder, man, eyes, Waldemar, pride · **What happens:** be, possess, speak, listen, build, live · **To what, where:** man, great pride, pride, Ida, ship, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (builder, man, eyes, Waldemar), 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:pg27200:212:54 # text = The builder was a man of low origin, but possessing great pride; his eyes and forehead spoke of large intellect, and Waldemar Daa was fond of listening to him, and so was Waldemar's daughter Ida, the eldest, now about fifteen years old; and while he was building the ship for the father, he was building for himself a castle in the air, in which he and Ida were to live when they were married. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 possessing possess VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 intellect intellect NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 Daa Daa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:desc _ _ 40 Ida Ida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 46 about about ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 52 while while SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 64 obl _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 80 obl _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 Ida Ida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 conj _ _ 78 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 79 to to PART TO _ 80 mark _ _ 80 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 81 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 84 advmod _ _ 82 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj:pass _ _ 83 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux:pass _ _ 84 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the builder | a man | | | | of low origin | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | gerund | a man *not said here* | great pride | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pride=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | pride's eyes and forehead | a man *not said here* | | | | of large intellect | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Waldemar | | | | | fond *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **listen** | gerund | Waldemar *not said here* | | pride | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | Ida | | | | Waldemar's daughter *nmod:desc*; the eldest *nmod* | tree rules | | 7 | **build** | past · progressive | pride | the ship | | | | for the father | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ship=Material for father=Beneficiary | | 8 | **build** | past · progressive | pride | a castle | | the air | | for pride | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent castle=Product for himself=Asset | | 9 | **live** | past | pride | | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 10 | **marry** | past · passive | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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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