--- title: Rudy was just eight years old, when his uncle, who lived on the othe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Rudy was just eight years old, when his uncle, who lived on the other side of the mountain, wished to have the boy, as he thought he might obtain a better education with him, and learn something more. Who acts: Rudy, uncle. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, II. the Journey to the New Home. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, uncle), 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:pg27200:53:1 # text = Rudy was just eight years old, when his uncle, who lived on the other side of the mountain, wished to have the boy, as he thought he might obtain a better education with him, and learn something more. 1 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 amod _ _ 36 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obj _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rudy | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | past | Rudy's uncle | | | the other side of the mountain | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 3 | **wish** | participle | Rudy's uncle *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rudy's uncle *not said here* | the boy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | uncle | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **obtain** | might | uncle | a better education | | | | with Rudy | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent education=Theme | | 7 | **learn** | infinitive | uncle *not said here* | something | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | 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: [I. Little Rudy, 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/52/105/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/2/) - ↑ back to [II. the Journey to the New Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/)