--- title: The Emperor took off all his clothes, and the impostors placed thems… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor took off all his clothes, and the impostors placed themselves before him as if they were putting on each part of his new clothes which was ready, and the Emperor turned and bent himself in front of the mirror. Who acts: Emperor, impostors, new clothes. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Boo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/6/73/) [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/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes(4).…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/6/) / 73 # The Yellow Fairy Book, Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes(4). (4) Andersen, sentence 73 The Emperor took off all his clothes, and the impostors placed themselves before him as if they were putting on each part of his new clothes which was ready, and the Emperor turned and bent himself in front of the mirror. **Who acts:** Emperor, impostors, new clothes · **What happens:** take off, place, put, be, turn, bend · **To what, where:** clothes, part, Emperor, front This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes(4). (4) Andersen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, impostors, new clothes), 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:pg640:6:73 # text = The Emperor took off all his clothes, and the impostors placed themselves before him as if they were putting on each part of his new clothes which was ready, and the Emperor turned and bent himself in front of the mirror. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 impostors impostor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 23 nmod _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | past | the Emperor | Emperor's clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 2 | **place** | past | the impostors | clothes | | | before Emperor | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme before he=Destination | | 3 | **put** | past · progressive | impostors *= impostor* | | | each part of Emperor's new clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on part=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | Emperor's new clothes | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bend** | past | the Emperor *not said here* | Emperor | | front of the mirror | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in front=Location | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/6/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/6/74/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes(4). 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