--- title: The other was deeply read in the corporation laws, and knew by heart… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The other was deeply read in the corporation laws, and knew by heart what every corporation ought to know; and accordingly he thought he could talk of affairs of state, and put his spoke in the wheel in the council. Who acts: corporation laws, corporation. 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C. Andersen, An Old Story Told Anew. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (corporation laws, corporation), 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:pg27200:28:5 # text = The other was deeply read in the corporation laws, and knew by heart what every corporation ought to know; and accordingly he thought he could talk of affairs of state, and put his spoke in the wheel in the council. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 corporation corporation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 corporation corporation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past · passive | | the other | | the corporation laws | | deeply *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | the corporation laws *not said here* | the corporation laws | | | | by heart | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | ought | every corporation | the corporation laws *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | corporation | | | | | accordingly *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **talk** | could | corporation | | | | | of affairs of state | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | the wheel | | in the council | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/28/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/28/6/) - ↑ back to [An Old Story Told Anew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/28/)