--- title: One half of the company were already seated at the card-tables, the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One half of the company were already seated at the card-tables, the other half seemed to be waiting the result of their hostess's question, "Well, how shall we amuse ourselves?" Who acts: other half, we, hostess. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, A Beginning. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other half, we, hostess), 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:pg27200:40:2 # text = One half of the company were already seated at the card-tables, the other half seemed to be waiting the result of their hostess's question, "Well, how shall we amuse ourselves?" 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hostess hostess NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Well well INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 37 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · passive | | One half of the company | | the card tables | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 2 | **seem** | past | the other half | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **wait** | to-infinitive · progressive | the other half *not said here* | the result of tables's hostess's question | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **amuse** *in a quote* | shall | we | ourselves | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ourselves=Experiencer | | 5 | **result** | | | tables's hostess's question | | | | | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **question** | | tables's hostess | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/40/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/40/3/) - ↑ back to [A Beginning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/40/)