--- title: He nodded at the sleeping-bench, where he had slept as a little boy;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He nodded at the sleeping-bench, where he had slept as a little boy; but the old Fire-drum he brought out, and dragged it into the middle of the room, and said to it and to his mother: Who acts: face, old Fire drum. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face, old Fire drum), 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:pg27200:39:181 # text = He nodded at the sleeping-bench, where he had slept as a little boy; but the old Fire-drum he brought out, and dragged it into the middle of the room, and said to it and to his mother: 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 Fire Fire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nod** | past | face | | | the sleeping bench | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | past · perfect | face | | | | | as a little boy | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring out** | past | the old Fire drum | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drag** | past | face *not said here* | bench | | the middle of the room | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | room | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to it=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. 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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/182/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/)