--- title: "All this," they said, "the Champ de Mars offers;" and around the gr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "All this," they said, "the Champ de Mars offers;" and around the great richly-spread table the crowd of human beings moves like a busy swarm of ants, on foot or in little carriages, for not all feet are equal to such a fatiguing journey. Who acts: grottoes, Champ Mars, crowd, feet. 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, 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 (grottoes, Champ Mars, crowd, feet), 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:pg27200:24:109 # text = "All this," they said, "the Champ de Mars offers;" and around the great richly-spread table the crowd of human beings moves like a busy swarm of ants, on foot or in little carriages, for not all feet are equal to such a fatiguing journey. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Champ Champ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 offers offer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 18 around around ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 21 richly richly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 carriages carriage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 55 det:predet _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 fatiguing fatigue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 amod _ _ 55 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | grottoes *= grotto* | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **offer** *in a quote* | present | the Champ Mars | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spread** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **move** | present | the crowd of human beings | | | the great spread table | | like a busy swarm of ants and foot or little carriages | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around table=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | all feet | | | | | to such fatiguing journey; equal *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fatigue** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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. 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/110/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/)