--- title: The chamberlains, who were to carry the train, stretched their hands… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The chamberlains, who were to carry the train, stretched their hands to the ground as if they lifted up a train, and pretended to hold something in their hands; they did not like people to know that they could not see anything. Who acts: chamberlains, people. 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C. Andersen, The Emperor's New Suit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chamberlains, people), 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:pg27200:32:75 # text = The chamberlains, who were to carry the train, stretched their hands to the ground as if they lifted up a train, and pretended to hold something in their hands; they did not like people to know that they could not see anything. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chamberlains chamberlain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the chamberlains | the train | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme | | 2 | **stretch** | past | the chamberlains | chamberlains's hands | | | | to the ground *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent hand=Patient to ground=Result | | 3 | **lift up** | past | chamberlains *= chamberlain* | a train | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme | | 4 | **pretend** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | | something | | chamberlains's hands | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Theme in hand=Location | | 6 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | chamberlains *= chamberlain* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | chamberlains *= chamberlain* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **see** | could | people | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/32/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/32/76/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Suit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/32/)