--- title: The boy had taught himself to draw: it was also said that a young ar… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The boy had taught himself to draw: it was also said that a young artist, now famous, had discovered talent in the child just as he was about to be sent away for having tied up madame's favorite little dog, and using it as a model. Who acts: boy, tied madame. 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C. 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 (boy, tied madame), 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:pg27200:89:188 # text = The boy had taught himself to draw: it was also said that a young artist, now famous, had discovered talent in the child just as he was about to be sent away for having tied up madame's favorite little dog, and using it as a model. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 also also ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 23 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 just just ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 madame madame NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 model model NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | glovemaker | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **discover** | past · perfect | | talent | | | | in the child | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **send away** | to-infinitive · passive | boy *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **have** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tie up** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **dog** | | tied madame | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **use** | gerund | | glovemaker | | | | as a model | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as model=Attribute | 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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