--- title: All agreed that it must be so, except one who said that the bell was… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All agreed that it must be so, except one who said that the bell was too small and too thin to be heard at such a distance, and that it had quite a different sound to that which had so touched men's hearts. Who acts: gable, bell, different sound. 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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 (gable, bell, different 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:pg27200:9:40 # text = All agreed that it must be so, except one who said that the bell was too small and too thin to be heard at such a distance, and that it had quite a different sound to that which had so touched men's hearts. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 except except ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 advcl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | must | gable | | | | | except one | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the bell | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the bell *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | the bell *not said here* | | | | | at such distance | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» | | 7 | **have** | past | gable | quite different sound | | | | to that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | quite different sound | touched men's hearts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 9 | **touch** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/41/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)