--- title: The old grandfather wiped his eyes, for he had known King Frederick,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The old grandfather wiped his eyes, for he had known King Frederick, with his silvery locks and his honest blue eyes, and had lived for him, and he folded his hands and remained for some time silent. Who acts: old grandfather, grandfather. 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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 grandfather, grandfather), 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:pg27200:50:32 # text = The old grandfather wiped his eyes, for he had known King Frederick, with his silvery locks and his honest blue eyes, and had lived for him, and he folded his hands and remained for some time silent. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Frederick Frederick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 silvery silvery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 folded fold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wipe** | past | the old grandfather | grandfather's eyes | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | | 2 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | grandfather | | | | with Frederick's silvery locks and Frederick's honest blue eyes; King Frederick *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **live** | past · perfect | the old grandfather *not said here* | | | | | for Frederick | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fold** | past | grandfather | Frederick's hands | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **remain** | participle | grandfather *not said here* | | | | time | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/33/) - ↑ back to [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/)