--- title: Gladly would the honest man have rung, and given them in, for a ligh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Gladly would the honest man have rung, and given them in, for a light was still burning, but he did not wish to disturb the other people in the house; so he let them lie. " Who acts: honest man, light, goloshes. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Watchman's Adventures. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (honest man, light, goloshes), 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:pg27200:42:4 # text = Gladly would the honest man have rung, and given them in, for a light was still burning, but he did not wish to disturb the other people in the house; so he let them lie. " 1 Gladly gladly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 rung ring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | would · perfect | the honest man | | | | | gladly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **give** | participle | the honest man *not said here* | goloshes *= golosh* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **burn** | past · progressive | a light | | | | still | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | light | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **disturb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | light *not said here* | the other people | | the house | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | light | goloshes *= golosh* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | infinitive | goloshes *= golosh* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/5/) - ↑ back to [The Watchman's Adventures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/)