--- title: The emperor of the country heard of it, and declared that he who wou… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The emperor of the country heard of it, and declared that he who would really find out where the sound came from should receive the title of "Bellringer to the World," even if there was no bell at all. Who acts: emperor, sound. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (emperor, sound), 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:pg27200:9:13 # text = The emperor of the country heard of it, and declared that he who would really find out where the sound came from should receive the title of "Bellringer to the World," even if there was no bell at all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Bellringer Bellringer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the emperor of the country | | | | | of country | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the emperor of the country *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **find out** | would | emperor | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | the sound | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **receive** | should | the sound *not said here* | the title of Bellringer | | | | to the World | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | no bell | | all | | | tree rules | | 7 | **title** | | | Bellringer | | | | | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/14/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)