--- title: The slaves polished the old shields that served as ornaments; cushio… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The slaves polished the old shields that served as ornaments; cushions were placed on the seats, and dry wood laid on the fireplaces in the centre of the hall, so that the flames might be fanned up at a moment's notice. Who acts: slaves, old shields, moment. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (slaves, old shields, moment), 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:pg27200:83:81 # text = The slaves polished the old shields that served as ornaments; cushions were placed on the seats, and dry wood laid on the fireplaces in the centre of the hall, so that the flames might be fanned up at a moment's notice. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 polished polish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shields shield NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fireplaces fireplace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:agent _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 fanned fan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **polish** | past | the slaves | the old shields | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Destination | | 2 | **serve** | past | the old shields | | | | | as ornaments | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as ornament=Attribute | | 3 | **place** | past · passive | | cushions | | the seats | | dry wood *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on seat=Destination | | 4 | **lay** | participle | | dry wood *not said here* | | the centre of the hall | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in centre=Destination | | 5 | **fan up** | might · passive | | the flames | | a moment's notice | | | tree rules | | 6 | **notice** | | a moment | | | | | | nom notice «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. 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/82/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)