--- title: Rudy stroked the old hound, but he did not like strangers, and Rudy… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Rudy stroked the old hound, but he did not like strangers, and Rudy was as yet a stranger; he did not, however, long remain so, he soon endeared himself to every heart, and became like one of the family. Who acts: Rudy, long. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, long), 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:pg27200:54:12 # text = Rudy stroked the old hound, but he did not like strangers, and Rudy was as yet a stranger; he did not, however, long remain so, he soon endeared himself to every heart, and became like one of the family. 1 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stroked stroke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 however however ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 29 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 endeared endear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stroke** | past | Rudy | the old hound | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Rudy | strangers | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stranger=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Rudy | | | | | as a stranger | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **do** | past | Rudy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **remain** | present | long | | | | | however *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **endear** | past | Rudy | Rudy | | | | to every heart; soon *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **become** | past | Rudy *not said here* | | | | | like one of the family | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/13/) - ↑ back to [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/)