--- title: He became at last desperate; and when one of them said he was tipsy,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He became at last desperate; and when one of them said he was tipsy, he did not doubt the man's word in the least--only begged them to get a droschky; and then they thought he was speaking the Muscovite language. Who acts: Counsellor, one, maids, man. 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C. Andersen, What Happened to the Counsellor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Counsellor, one, maids, man), 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:pg27200:41:113 # text = He became at last desperate; and when one of them said he was tipsy, he did not doubt the man's word in the least--only begged them to get a droschky; and then they thought he was speaking the Muscovite language. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 desperate desperate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 tipsy tipsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 droschky droschky NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Muscovite Muscovite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Counsellor | | | last desperate | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of maids | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Counsellor | | | | | tipsy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **doubt** | past · do-support | Counsellor | the man's word | | the least | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Counsellor *not said here* | | maids *= maid* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | Counsellor *not said here* | a droschky | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer droschky=Stimulus | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | maids *= maid* | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Counsellor | the Muscovite language | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **word** | | the man | | | | | | nom word «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. 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