--- title: Naturally, the first thing done here was to take off the goloshes, u… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Naturally, the first thing done here was to take off the goloshes, upon which the soul was instantly obliged to return, and it took the direct road to the body at once, and in a few seconds the man's life returned to him. Who acts: first thing, it, few seconds. 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C. 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 (first thing, it, few seconds), 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:pg27200:42:90 # text = Naturally, the first thing done here was to take off the goloshes, upon which the soul was instantly obliged to return, and it took the direct road to the body at once, and in a few seconds the man's life returned to him. 1 Naturally naturally ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 goloshes golosh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | the first thing *not said here* | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the first thing | | | | | naturally, take *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the soul | | | | instantly *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | it | the direct road | | the body | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent road=Theme to body=Destination | | 6 | **return** | past | a few seconds the man's life | | body | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/91/) - ↑ back to [The Watchman's Adventures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/)