--- title: When the play at the little theatre began, the rest sat and looked o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When the play at the little theatre began, the rest sat and looked on; they were requested to applaud and stamp, or crack, when they felt gratified with what they saw. Who acts: play, rest, cushions. 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 (play, rest, cushions), 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:pg27200:90:22 # text = When the play at the little theatre began, the rest sat and looked on; they were requested to applaud and stamp, or crack, when they felt gratified with what they saw. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 theatre theatre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 applaud applaud VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 stamp stamp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 gratified gratify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the play at the little theatre | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **sit** | past | the rest | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look on** | past | the rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **request** | past · passive | | cushions *= cushion* | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **applaud** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **stamp** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **crack** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **feel** | past | cushions *= cushion* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **gratify** | participle | cushions *= cushion* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **see** | past | cushions *= cushion* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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/pg27200/90/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/23/) - ↑ back to [The Money-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/)