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title: How often he had been at Bex, how well he knew the mill, and how oft… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: How often he had been at Bex, how well he knew the mill, and how often he had seen Babette, when most likely she had not noticed him; and lastly, that full of many thoughts which he could not tell her, he had been to the mill on the evening when she and her father has started on their long journey, 
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, IV. Babette, sentence 165

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How often he had been at Bex, how well he knew the mill, and how often he had seen Babette, when most likely she had not noticed him; and lastly, that full of many thoughts which he could not tell her, he had been to the mill on the evening when she and her father has started on their long journey, but not too far for him to find a way to overtake them.

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**Who acts:** Rudy, Bex, arm, godmother · **What happens:** be, know, see, not notice, not tell, start · **To what, where:** Bex, mill, Babette, Rudy, many thoughts, arm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, IV. Babette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, Bex, arm, godmother), 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:pg27200:55:165
# text = How often he had been at Bex, how well he knew the mill, and how often he had seen Babette, when most likely she had not noticed him; and lastly, that full of many thoughts which he could not tell her, he had been to the mill on the evening when she and her father has started on their long journey, but not too far for him to find a way to overtake them.
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Bex	Bex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
18	often	often	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
22	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	30	mark	_	_
25	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	26	advmod	_	_
26	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	acl:relcl	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	lastly	lastly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	nsubj	_	_
37	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	parataxis	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
41	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	obj	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
43	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	acl:relcl	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
50	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	53	cop	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
54	on	on	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	63	mark	_	_
58	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj:pass	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
62	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
64	on	on	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
66	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
69	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
70	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	72	advmod	_	_
71	too	too	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
72	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	76	advmod	_	_
73	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	76	mark	_	_
74	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
75	to	to	PART	TO	_	76	mark	_	_
76	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
77	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obj	_	_
79	to	to	PART	TO	_	80	mark	_	_
80	overtake	overtake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	78	acl	_	_
81	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	80	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Rudy |  |  | Bex |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | Bex | the mill |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mill=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Rudy | Babette |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer babette=Stimulus |
| 4 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect | arm | Rudy |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Rudy | many thoughts | arm |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient which=Topic |
| 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Rudy |  |  |  | evening | to the mill | tree rules |
| 7 | **start** | present · perfect · passive |  | arm |  | godmother's long journey |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 8 | **find** | to-infinitive | Rudy | a way |  |  |  | far *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 9 | **overtake** | to-infinitive | Rudy *not said here* | godmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **journey** |  | godmother |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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