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title: One evening the student came into the shop through the back door to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: One evening the student came into the shop through the back door to buy candles and cheese for himself, he had no one to send, and therefore he came himself; he obtained what he wished, and then the huckster and his wife nodded good evening to him, and she was a woman who could do more than merely n
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster, sentence 5

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One evening the student came into the shop through the back door to buy candles and cheese for himself, he had no one to send, and therefore he came himself; he obtained what he wished, and then the huckster and his wife nodded good evening to him, and she was a woman who could do more than merely nod, for she had usually plenty to say for herself.

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**Who acts:** student, huckster, wife, woman · **What happens:** come, buy, have, send, obtain, wish · **To what, where:** shop, candles, one, student, woman, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, huckster, wife, woman), 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:pg27200:38:5
# text = One evening the student came into the shop through the back door to buy candles and cheese for himself, he had no one to send, and therefore he came himself; he obtained what he wished, and then the huckster and his wife nodded good evening to him, and she was a woman who could do more than merely nod, for she had usually plenty to say for herself.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
15	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
23	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	24	det	_	_
24	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
32	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
36	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	35	obj	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
41	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
47	nodded	nod	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
48	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl:unmarked	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
54	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
58	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj	_	_
59	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	acl:relcl	_	_
61	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	60	obj	_	_
62	than	than	ADP	IN	_	61	fixed	_	_
63	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	nod	nod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	conj	_	_
69	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
70	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	acl	_	_
73	for	for	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the student |  |  | the shop | evening | through the back door | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into shop=Initial\_Location through door=Destination |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the student *not said here* | candles and cheese |  |  |  | for student | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent candle=Theme for himself=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **have** | past | student | no one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 4 | **send** | to-infinitive | student *not said here* | no one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **come** | past | student | student |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme |
| 6 | **obtain** | past | student |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 7 | **wish** | past | student |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 8 | **nod** | past | the huckster and huckster's wife |  | student |  | evening |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 9 | **is a** | past | wife | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **do** | could | a woman | more |  |  |  | nod *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |
| 11 | **have** | past | wife | plenty |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient |
| 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | plenty *not said here* |  |  |  | for wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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