--- title: An old grandmother, poorly clad--she belonged to the working class--… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: An old grandmother, poorly clad--she belonged to the working class--was following one of the under-servants into the great empty throne-room, for this was the apartment she wanted to see--that she was resolved to see; it had cost her many a little sacrifice, and many a coaxing word, to penetrate thu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Fifth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/) / 3 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Fifth Evening, sentence 3 An old grandmother, poorly clad--she belonged to the working class--was following one of the under-servants into the great empty throne-room, for this was the apartment she wanted to see--that she was resolved to see; it had cost her many a little sacrifice, and many a coaxing word, to penetrate thus far. **Who acts:** old grandmother, grandmother, this, many · **What happens:** clad, belong, work, follow, be, want · **To what, where:** one, great empty throne room, grandmother, apartment This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fifth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old grandmother, grandmother, this, many), 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:pg27200:96:3 # text = An old grandmother, poorly clad--she belonged to the working class--was following one of the under-servants into the great empty throne-room, for this was the apartment she wanted to see--that she was resolved to see; it had cost her many a little sacrifice, and many a coaxing word, to penetrate thus far. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 clad clad VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 26 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 cost cost VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 nsubj _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 coaxing coax VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 amod _ _ 61 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 penetrate penetrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 acl:relcl _ _ 65 thus thus ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clad** | past | a old grandmother | | | | | poorly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **belong** | past | grandmother | | | | | to the working class | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **follow** | past · progressive | a old grandmother *not said here* | one of the servants | | the great empty throne room | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme into room=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | this | | | | | for the apartment | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | past | grandmother | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | grandmother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **resolve** | past · passive | | grandmother | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **cost** | past · perfect · passive | | apartment | grandmother | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **coax** | gerund | | | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **word** | | many | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **penetrate** | to-infinitive | | | | | | far *property* | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/4/) - ↑ back to [Fifth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/)