--- title: So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a good thing he got back when he did, for the cask had almost worn out the lady's tongue; he had given a description of all that he contained on one side, and was just about to turn himself over to the other side to describe what was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Goblin and the Huckster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/) / 34 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster, sentence 34 So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a good thing he got back when he did, for the cask had almost worn out the lady's tongue; he had given a description of all that he contained on one side, and was just about to turn himself over to the other side to describe what was there, when the goblin entered and restored the tongue to the lady. **Who acts:** student, jam, goblin · **What happens:** go down, be, get back, do, wear out, give · **To what, where:** stairs, shop, good thing, cask, student, description This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (student, jam, goblin), 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:pg27200:38:34 # text = So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a good thing he got back when he did, for the cask had almost worn out the lady's tongue; he had given a description of all that he contained on one side, and was just about to turn himself over to the other side to describe what was there, when the goblin entered and restored the tongue to the lady. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 huckster huckster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 almost almost ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 54 just just ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 about about ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 58 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 57 obj _ _ 59 over over ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 66 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 68 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 70 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | student | stairs | | the huckster's shop | again | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **is a** | past | jam | a good thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get back** | past | student | a good thing *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past | student | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wear out** | past · perfect · passive | | the cask | | | | almost *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | student | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient description=Theme | | 7 | **contain** | past | student | a description *not said here* | | one side | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot description=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | student *not said here* | | | | | to the other side; about, turn *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **describe** | to-infinitive | student *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **enter** | past | the goblin | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **restore** | past | the goblin *not said here* | the tongue | the lady | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme to lady=Recipient | 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. 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