--- title: All his comrades were very much frightened, for he seemed quite dead… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All his comrades were very much frightened, for he seemed quite dead; still they allowed him to remain after they had given notice of what had happened; and at dawn the body was carried to the hospital. Who acts: body, comrades. 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 (body, comrades), 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:pg27200:42:85 # text = All his comrades were very much frightened, for he seemed quite dead; still they allowed him to remain after they had given notice of what had happened; and at dawn the body was carried to the hospital. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 after after SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nmod _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | body's comrades | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **seem** | past | body | | | | | dead *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** | past | comrades *= comrade* | | body | | still | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | comrades *= comrade* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | comrades *= comrade* | notice | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | past · passive | | the body | | the hospital | dawn | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hospital=Destination | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/86/) - ↑ back to [The Watchman's Adventures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/)