--- title: The boys carried him into a very elegant room, where a stout, pleasa… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The boys carried him into a very elegant room, where a stout, pleasant-looking lady received them, but she was not at all gratified to find that they had brought a lark--a common field-bird as she called it. Who acts: boys, stout, lady. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Clerk's Transformation. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boys, stout, lady), 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:pg27200:44:101 # text = The boys carried him into a very elegant room, where a stout, pleasant-looking lady received them, but she was not at all gratified to find that they had brought a lark--a common field-bird as she called it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 elegant elegant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stout stout ADJ NN Degree=Pos 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 19 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 gratified gratify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the boys | perfume | | a elegant room | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **receive** | past | a stout and pleasant looking lady | birds *= bird* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **gratify** | past · passive | | lady | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | birds *= bird* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination lark=Theme | | 7 | **call** | past | lady | lark | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/102/) - ↑ back to [The Clerk's Transformation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/)