--- title: The whole town knew who the stranger was; and one of the richest men… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The whole town knew who the stranger was; and one of the richest men in the place gave a party in his honor, and all who were of any consequence, or who possessed some property, were invited. Who acts: whole town, stranger, one, all. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole town, stranger, one, all), 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:pg27200:7:4 # text = The whole town knew who the stranger was; and one of the richest men in the place gave a party in his honor, and all who were of any consequence, or who possessed some property, were invited. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 4 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the whole town | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | the stranger | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | one of the richest men in the place | a party | | Alfred's honor | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | all | | | | | of any consequence | tree rules | | 5 | **possess** | past | | some property | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot property=Theme | | 6 | **invite** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING» | | 7 | **honor** | | Alfred | | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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