--- title: When the others arrived at the willow trees, where the confectioner… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When the others arrived at the willow trees, where the confectioner had put up his stall, they said: "Now we are out here; the bell does not in reality exist--it is only something that people imagine!" Who acts: others, trees, we, bell. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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 (others, trees, we, bell), 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:pg27200:9:28 # text = When the others arrived at the willow trees, where the confectioner had put up his stall, they said: "Now we are out here; the bell does not in reality exist--it is only something that people imagine!" 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 confectioner confectioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 35 exist exist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 imagine imagine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the others | | | the willow trees | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put up** | past · perfect · passive | | the confectioner | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset stall=Goal | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | now | here, out *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present | the bell | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **exist** *in a quote* | present | the bell *not said here* | | | reality | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in reality=Location | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | stall | something | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **imagine** *in a quote* | present | people | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/29/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)