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title: But the paper did not go on its travels; it was sent to the printer,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: But the paper did not go on its travels; it was sent to the printer, and all the words written upon it were set up in type, to make a book, or rather, many hundreds of books; for so many more persons could derive pleasure and profit from a printed book, than from the written paper; and if the paper 
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Flax, sentence 55

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But the paper did not go on its travels; it was sent to the printer, and all the words written upon it were set up in type, to make a book, or rather, many hundreds of books; for so many more persons could derive pleasure and profit from a printed book, than from the written paper; and if the paper had been sent around the world, it would have been worn out before it had got half through its journey.

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**Who acts:** paper, many more persons, song · **What happens:** not go, travel, send, write, set up, make · **To what, where:** song, printer, words, type, book, pleasure

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (paper, many more persons, song), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:34:55
# text = But the paper did not go on its travels; it was sent to the printer, and all the words written upon it were set up in type, to make a book, or rather, many hundreds of books; for so many more persons could derive pleasure and profit from a printed book, than from the written paper; and if the paper had been sent around the world, it would have been worn out before it had got half through its journey.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	printer	printer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
37	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
44	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
47	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	48	amod	_	_
48	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	derive	derive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	conj	_	_
51	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	amod	_	_
57	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
59	than	than	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	from	from	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	amod	_	_
63	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	71	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
66	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nsubj:pass	_	_
69	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
70	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	71	aux:pass	_	_
71	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
72	around	around	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	80	nsubj:pass	_	_
77	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	80	aux	_	_
78	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	80	aux	_	_
79	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	80	aux:pass	_	_
80	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	71	parataxis	_	_
81	out	out	ADP	RP	_	80	compound:prt	_	_
82	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	85	mark	_	_
83	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	85	nsubj	_	_
84	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	85	aux	_	_
85	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	80	advcl	_	_
86	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	85	advmod	_	_
87	through	through	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
88	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	89	nmod:poss	_	_
89	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | the paper |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | present | the paper *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past · passive |  | song |  | the printer |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to printer=Destination |
| 4 | **write** | participle |  | all words *not said here* |  |  |  | upon song | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **set up** | past · passive |  | all words |  | type |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in type=Destination |
| 6 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a book |  |  |  | many hundreds of books *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset book=Product |
| 7 | **derive** | could | many more persons | pleasure and profit |  | a printed book |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent pleasure=Result from book=Material |
| 8 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the paper |  | the world |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 11 | **wear out** | would · perfect · passive |  | song |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 12 | **get** | past · perfect | song |  |  | song's journey |  | half *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through journey=Destination |
| 13 | **journey** |  | song |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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