--- title: Then people heard the stories and poetry read, and it made them wise… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then people heard the stories and poetry read, and it made them wiser and better; for all that was written had a good and sensible meaning, and a great blessing was contained in the words on this paper. Who acts: people, stories, poetry. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Flax. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, stories, poetry), 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:pg27200:34:46 # text = Then people heard the stories and poetry read, and it made them wiser and better; for all that was written had a good and sensible meaning, and a great blessing was contained in the words on this paper. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 28 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | people | | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **read** | present | the stories and poetry | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | poetry | stories *= story* | | | | wise *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product | | 4 | **write** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | people *not said here* | a good meaning | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | | 6 | **contain** | past · passive | | a great blessing | | the words on this paper | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in word=Location | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/47/) - ↑ back to [The Flax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/)