--- title: Often lately there had been, both in hall and chamber, a talk of the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Often lately there had been, both in hall and chamber, a talk of the new faith which was spreading far and wide in the south, and which, through the means of the holy Ansgarius, had already reached as far as Hedeby on the Schlei. Who acts: talk, new faith. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (talk, new faith), 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:pg27200:85:58 # text = Often lately there had been, both in hall and chamber, a talk of the new faith which was spreading far and wide in the south, and which, through the means of the holy Ansgarius, had already reached as far as Hedeby on the Schlei. 1 Often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 lately lately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 both both CCONJ CC _ 9 cc:preconj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 nsubj _ _ 34 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Ansgarius Ansgarius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 already already ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Hedeby Hedeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Schlei Schlei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past · progressive | a talk of the new faith | | | the south | | far *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in south=Location | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | | | of the holy Ansgarius; mean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | past · perfect | | the holy Ansgarius *not said here* | | the Schlei | | as Hedeby; far *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **talk** | | the new faith | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: of=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/59/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)