--- title: The first leisure moment during the next day, the boy got a pencil,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The first leisure moment during the next day, the boy got a pencil, and on the back of one of the other drawings he attempted to copy the drawing of the Metal Pig, and he succeeded. Who acts: first leisure moment, boy, Metal Pig. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first leisure moment, boy, Metal Pig), 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:pg27200:89:167 # text = The first leisure moment during the next day, the boy got a pencil, and on the back of one of the other drawings he attempted to copy the drawing of the Metal Pig, and he succeeded. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 3 leisure leisure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 during during ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 drawings drawing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 attempted attempt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Metal Metal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the first leisure moment during the next day | a pencil | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pencil=Stimulus | | 2 | **attempt** | past | boy | the other drawings *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **copy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | the drawing of the Metal Pig | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme | | 4 | **succeed** | past | boy | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **draw** | | the Metal Pig | | | | | | nom drawing «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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/168/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)