--- title: The rich and mighty lord of the castle lay on his couch, in the mids… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The rich and mighty lord of the castle lay on his couch, in the midst of the great hall, with its many colored walls looking like the centre of a great tulip; but he was stiff and powerless in all his limbs, and lay stretched out like a mummy. Who acts: rich lord, many colored walls, lord. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rich lord, many colored walls, lord), 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:pg27200:84:64 # text = The rich and mighty lord of the castle lay on his couch, in the midst of the great hall, with its many colored walls looking like the centre of a great tulip; but he was stiff and powerless in all his limbs, and lay stretched out like a mummy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 colored colored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 27 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tulip tulip NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 powerless powerless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mummy mummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the rich lord of the castle | | | lord's couch | | in the midst of the great hall and castle's many colored walls | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on couch=Location | | 2 | **look** | gerund | castle's many colored walls *not said here* | | | | | like the centre of a great tulip | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | lord | | | lord's limbs | | stiff *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | lord *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stretch out** | infinitive · passive | the rich lord of the castle *not said here* | | | | | like a mummy | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V» | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/65/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)