--- title: He tried it; but before he reached the entry, the rest discovered wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He tried it; but before he reached the entry, the rest discovered what he was about, and seized him by the feet, when, luckily for him, off came the goloshes, and with them vanished the whole enchantment. Who acts: country, rest. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (country, rest), 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:pg27200:41:118 # text = He tried it; but before he reached the entry, the rest discovered what he was about, and seized him by the feet, when, luckily for him, off came the goloshes, and with them vanished the whole enchantment. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 entry entry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 luckily luckily ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 off off ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 goloshes golosh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 41 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | country | One | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** | past | country | the entry | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent entry=Theme | | 3 | **discover** | past | the rest | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **seize** | past | | country | | | | by the feet; for country | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **come** | past | | the goloshes | | | | off *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location golosh=Theme | | 6 | **vanish** | past | | the whole enchantment | | | | with goloshes *= golosh* | tree rules | 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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