--- title: Those who sat near him, and heard what he said, looked at him in gre… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Those who sat near him, and heard what he said, looked at him in great astonishment, and one of them rose, took off his hat respectfully, and said in a very serious manner, "You must certainly be a very learned man, monsieur." Who acts: Those, meteor, one, You. 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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 (Those, meteor, one, You), 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:pg27200:41:72 # text = Those who sat near him, and heard what he said, looked at him in great astonishment, and one of them rose, took off his hat respectfully, and said in a very serious manner, "You must certainly be a very learned man, monsieur." 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 respectfully respectfully ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 42 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 43 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 learned learned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 monsieur monsieur NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Those | | | | | near meteor | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near he=Location | | 2 | **hear** | past | Those *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | meteor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | past | Those *not said here* | | | great astonishment | | at meteor | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **rise** | past | one of houses | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take off** | past | one of houses *not said here* | meteor's hat | | | | respectfully *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Those *not said here* | | | a serious manner | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in manner=Manner | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | You | a learned man and monsieur | | | | certainly *property* | 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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