--- title: The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of the boys amon… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of the boys among them, a practical youngster of seven years, made the proposition that there should be an exhibition of Puggie's burial-place for all who lived in the lane; the price of admission was to be a trouser button, for every boy would be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/47/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [A Great Grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/47/) / 21 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Great Grief, sentence 21 The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of the boys among them, a practical youngster of seven years, made the proposition that there should be an exhibition of Puggie's burial-place for all who lived in the lane; the price of admission was to be a trouser button, for every boy would be sure to have one, and each might also give one for a little girl. **Who acts:** children, price, boy, each · **What happens:** dance, make, live, be, have, give · **To what, where:** grave, proposition, lane, trouser button, one, burial place This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Great Grief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, price, boy, each), 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:pg27200:47:21 # text = The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of the boys among them, a practical youngster of seven years, made the proposition that there should be an exhibition of Puggie's burial-place for all who lived in the lane; the price of admission was to be a trouser button, for every boy would be sure to have one, and each might also give one for a little girl. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 practical practical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 youngster youngster NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 proposition proposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 exhibition exhibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 Puggie Puggie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nmod _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 admission admission NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 trouser trouser NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 for for SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 59 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 60 det _ _ 60 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 69 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 72 nsubj _ _ 70 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 also also ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 72 obj _ _ 74 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | the children | | | the grave | | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round grave=Trajectory | | 2 | **make** | past | the children *not said here* | the proposition | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proposition=Product | | 3 | **live** | past | | | | the lane | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lane=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | the price of admission | a trouser button | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | would | every boy | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | every boy *not said here* | one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 7 | **give** | might | each | one | | | | for a little girl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme for girl=Asset | | 8 | **exhibit** | | | Puggie's burial place for all | | | | | nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/47/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/47/22/) - ↑ back to [A Great Grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/47/)