--- title: If he went near the farmyard belonging to the count, he was pushed a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: If he went near the farmyard belonging to the count, he was pushed and knocked about, for the men and the maids said he was so horrible ugly; but he was used to all this, for nobody loved him. Who acts: boy, farmyard, men, nobody. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Anne Lisbeth. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, farmyard, men, nobody), 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:pg27200:5:17 # text = If he went near the farmyard belonging to the count, he was pushed and knocked about, for the men and the maids said he was so horrible ugly; but he was used to all this, for nobody loved him. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farmyard farmyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 42 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | boy | | | the farmyard | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near farmyard=Location | | 2 | **belong** | gerund | the farmyard *not said here* | | | | | to the count | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **push** | past · passive | | boy | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **knock about** | participle | | | | | | about *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the men and the maids | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **use** | past · passive | | boy | | | | to this | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **love** | past | nobody | boy | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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. 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