--- title: The painter, however, consoled the little fellow, and tried to softe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The painter, however, consoled the little fellow, and tried to soften the lady's anger; but she would not be pacified till her husband returned with Bellissima, who had been with the police. Who acts: painter, husband, Bellissima, lady. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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Andersen, The Metal Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (painter, husband, Bellissima, lady), 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:pg27200:89:160 # text = The painter, however, consoled the little fellow, and tried to soften the lady's anger; but she would not be pacified till her husband returned with Bellissima, who had been with the police. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 painter painter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 consoled console VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 soften soften VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 pacified pacify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **console** | past | the painter | the little fellow | | | | however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fellow=Experiencer | | 2 | **try** | past | the painter *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **soften** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the painter *not said here* | the lady's anger | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent anger=Patient | | 4 | **not** **pacify** | would · passive | | painter | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **return** | past | painter's husband | | | | | with Bellissima and the police | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Bellissima and the police | | | | | with the police | tree rules | | 7 | **anger** | | the lady | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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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