--- title: It described these spectacles as possessing a wonderful power; if an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It described these spectacles as possessing a wonderful power; if any one put them on in a large assembly the people appeared like cards, and the future events of ensuing years could be easily foretold by them. Who acts: poem, people, Spectacles. 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C. Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poem, people, Spectacles), 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:pg27200:43:34 # text = It described these spectacles as possessing a wonderful power; if any one put them on in a large assembly the people appeared like cards, and the future events of ensuing years could be easily foretold by them. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 possessing possess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 14 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 ensuing ensue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 36 easily easily ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | past | poem | this spectacles | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent spectacle=Theme | | 2 | **possess** | gerund | poem *not said here* | a wonderful power | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme | | 3 | **put on** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | poem *not said here* | any one | | a large assembly | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent one=Asset they=Goal | | 4 | **appear** | past | the people | a large assembly *not said here* | | | | like cards | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location assembly=Theme | | 5 | **ensue** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **foretell** | could · passive | Spectacles *= spectacle* | the future events of ensuing years | | | | easily *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/35/) - ↑ back to [The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/)