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title: As the old man related this story, he was carving an image in wood t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: As the old man related this story, he was carving an image in wood to represent Holger Danske, to be fastened to the prow of a ship; for the old grandfather was a carver in wood, that is, one who carved figures for the heads of ships, according to the names given to them. Who acts: old man, man. A s
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 11

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As the old man related this story, he was carving an image in wood to represent Holger Danske, to be fastened to the prow of a ship; for the old grandfather was a carver in wood, that is, one who carved figures for the heads of ships, according to the names given to them.

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**Who acts:** old man, man · **What happens:** relate, carve, represent, fasten, be, accord · **To what, where:** story, image, wood, Holger, carver, figures

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Holger Danske. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:50:11
# text = As the old man related this story, he was carving an image in wood to represent Holger Danske, to be fastened to the prow of a ship; for the old grandfather was a carver in wood, that is, one who carved figures for the heads of ships, according to the names given to them.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	related	relate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	carving	carve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	represent	represent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	Holger	Holger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	Danske	Danske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	prow	prow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	nsubj	_	_
42	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	conj	_	_
45	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
46	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	acl:relcl	_	_
47	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	57	case	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	fixed	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	parataxis	_	_
58	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	acl	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | past | the old man | this story |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **carve** | past · progressive | man | a image |  | wood |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent image=Theme in wood=Destination |
| 3 | **represent** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | Holger |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot holger=Theme |
| 4 | **fasten** | to-infinitive · passive | man *not said here* | Holger *not said here* |  |  |  | to the prow of a ship | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: to prow=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | a carver |  | wood |  | for the old grandfather | tree rules |
| 6 | **carve** | past |  | figures |  |  |  | for the heads of ships | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent figure=Product for head=Asset |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **give** | participle |  | the names *not said here* | names *= name* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |

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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.

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**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.

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