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title: The third said that he never went into strange places if his parents… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The third said that he never went into strange places if his parents were not with him; he had always been a good child, and wished to remain so, even after being confirmed, and they ought not to tease him for this; they, however, did it all the same. Who acts: third, parents, boy. A sentence of «Fa
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 24

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The third said that he never went into strange places if his parents were not with him; he had always been a good child, and wished to remain so, even after being confirmed, and they ought not to tease him for this; they, however, did it all the same.

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**Who acts:** third, parents, boy · **What happens:** say, not go, not be, be, wish, remain · **To what, where:** strange places, boy, landlord · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (third, parents, boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:9:24
# text = The third said that he never went into strange places if his parents were not with him; he had always been a good child, and wished to remain so, even after being confirmed, and they ought not to tease him for this; they, however, did it all the same.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	22	advmod	_	_
22	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	even	even	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
40	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
44	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
50	however	however	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
52	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	56	det:predet	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the third |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **go** | past | third |  |  | strange places |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into place=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | third's parents |  |  |  |  | with boy | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | past · perfect | boy |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **wish** | past | the third *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the third *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **confirm** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP» |
| 8 | **not** **tease** | ought | parents *= parent* | boy |  |  |  | for this | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 9 | **do** | past | parents *= parent* | landlord |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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