--- title: All the nations in the world, they thought, had made an exhibition o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All the nations in the world, they thought, had made an exhibition of their inhabitants, for the edification of the soles and haddocks, pike and carp, that they might give their opinions upon the different kinds. Who acts: eyes. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes), 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:pg27200:26:92 # text = All the nations in the world, they thought, had made an exhibition of their inhabitants, for the edification of the soles and haddocks, pike and carp, that they might give their opinions upon the different kinds. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 exhibition exhibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 edification edification NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 haddocks haddock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 opinions opinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | | a exhibition of eyes's inhabitants | | | | for the edification of the soles and haddocks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent exhibition=Product for edification=Asset | | 3 | **give** | might | eyes *= eye* | eyes's opinions | | | | upon the different kinds | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme | | 4 | **exhibit** | | | eyes's inhabitants | | | | | nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **edify** | | | the soles and haddocks | | | | | nom edification «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **opine** | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | nom opinion «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. 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/26/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/26/93/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/26/)