--- title: People came and went, mass was performed, but no one noticed the boy… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: People came and went, mass was performed, but no one noticed the boy, excepting an elderly citizen, who stood still and looked at him for a moment, and then went away like the rest. Who acts: People, one, elderly citizen. 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 (People, one, elderly citizen), 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:pg27200:89:82 # text = People came and went, mass was performed, but no one noticed the boy, excepting an elderly citizen, who stood still and looked at him for a moment, and then went away like the rest. 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 excepting except VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 elderly elderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 citizen citizen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | People | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perform** | past · passive | | mass | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **notice** | past | no one | the boy | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 5 | **except** | gerund | no one *not said here* | a elderly citizen | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | past | a elderly citizen | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | past | a elderly citizen *not said here* | | | | moment | at boy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 8 | **go away** | past | People *not said here* | | | | then | like the rest; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/83/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)