--- title: "The plates rattled with pleasure, and the carpet-broom brought some… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "The plates rattled with pleasure, and the carpet-broom brought some green parsley out of the dust-hole and crowned the saucepan, for he knew it would vex the others; and he thought, 'If I crown him to-day he will crown me to-morrow.' Who acts: plates, carpet broom, pleasure, saucepan. 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C. Andersen, The Flying Trunk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plates, carpet broom, pleasure, saucepan), 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:pg27200:35:62 # text = "The plates rattled with pleasure, and the carpet-broom brought some green parsley out of the dust-hole and crowned the saucepan, for he knew it would vex the others; and he thought, 'If I crown him to-day he will crown me to-morrow.' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rattled rattle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 parsley parsley NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 crowned crown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 saucepan saucepan NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 vex vex VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 If if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 crown crown VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rattle** *in a quote* | participle | the plates | | | | | with pleasure | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pleasure=Theme | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | the carpet broom | some green parsley | | the dust hole | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent parsley=Theme out hole=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **crown** *in a quote* | past | the carpet broom *not said here* | the saucepan | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saucepan=Theme | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | past | pleasure | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **vex** *in a quote* | would | saucepan | the others | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | pleasure | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **crown** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | pleasure | pleasure | | | day | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **crown** *in a quote* | future | pleasure | pleasure | | | | to morrow | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme to morrow=Attribute | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/63/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)