--- title: We were invited to partake; and as I sat by the fire, a boy, older t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We were invited to partake; and as I sat by the fire, a boy, older than myself, put his arms round my neck, and kissed me, and said, "Christ is risen." Who acts: We, I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, I), 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:pg27200:36:71 # text = We were invited to partake; and as I sat by the fire, a boy, older than myself, put his arms round my neck, and kissed me, and said, "Christ is risen." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 partake partake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 round round ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | past · passive | | We | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **partake** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | I | | | | | by the fire and a boy | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | boy's arms | | | | round my neck | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent arm=Goal | | 5 | **kiss** | past | | me | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **rise** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Christ | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/72/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)