--- title: Then not one stirred; they all remained quite still; yet, at the sam… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then not one stirred; they all remained quite still; yet, at the same time, there was not a single pot amongst them who had not a high opinion of himself, and of what he could do if he chose. Who acts: things, single pot, door. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (things, single pot, door), 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:pg27200:35:81 # text = Then not one stirred; they all remained quite still; yet, at the same time, there was not a single pot amongst them who had not a high opinion of himself, and of what he could do if he chose. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 12 yet yet ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 25 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stir** | participle · passive | | one | | | then; yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **remain** | past | things *= thing* | | | | still | all *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | | a single pot | | | time | amongst things *= thing* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | a single pot | a high opinion of pot | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient | | 5 | **do** | could | door | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 6 | **choose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | door | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **opine** | | | pot | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/82/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)