--- title: "It was certainly well paid for then," said Great Claus; and he ran… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It was certainly well paid for then," said Great Claus; and he ran home to his house, seized a hatchet, and knocked all his four horses on the head, flayed off their skins, and took them to the town to sell. " Who acts: Great. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** Great · **What happens:** pay, say, run, seize, knock, flay · **To what, where:** skin, hatchet, four horses, head, horses, town · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Great), 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:pg27200:71:102 # text = "It was certainly well paid for then," said Great Claus; and he ran home to his house, seized a hatchet, and knocked all his four horses on the head, flayed off their skins, and took them to the town to sell. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Great Great PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 13 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 flayed flay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 38 off off ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | past · passive | | skin | | | | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for then=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Great | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run** | past | Great | | | | | to Great's house *result*; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 4 | **seize** | past | Great *not said here* | a hatchet | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme | | 5 | **knock** | past | | Great's four horses | | the head | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent horse=Theme on head=Destination | | 6 | **flay** | participle | | Great's four horses *not said here* | | | | off horses's skins | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past | | horses *= horse* | | the town | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to town=Destination | | 8 | **sell** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=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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