--- title: One of them wished to go home and try on her ball dress, for this ve… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One of them wished to go home and try on her ball dress, for this very dress and the ball were the cause of her being confirmed this time, otherwise she would not have been allowed to go. Who acts: One, dress, cause. 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 (One, dress, cause), 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:pg27200:9:22 # text = One of them wished to go home and try on her ball dress, for this very dress and the ball were the cause of her being confirmed this time, otherwise she would not have been allowed to go. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | One of people | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | One of people *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **try** | infinitive | One of people *not said here* | | | child's ball dress | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | this dress and the ball | the cause | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **confirm** | gerund · passive | | the cause *not said here* | | | time | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP» | | 6 | **not** **allow** | would · perfect · passive | | cause | | | | otherwise *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | cause *not said here* | | | | | | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/23/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)