--- title: “What delightful stories you know,” said the Mice: and the next nigh… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “What delightful stories you know,” said the Mice: and the next night they came with four other little Mice, who were to hear what the Tree recounted: and the more he related, the more he remembered himself; and it appeared as if those times had really been happy times. 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C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (delightful stories, Mice, woods, four other little Mice), 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:pg1597:10:169 # text = “What delightful stories you know,” said the Mice: and the next night they came with four other little Mice, who were to hear what the Tree recounted: and the more he related, the more he remembered himself; and it appeared as if those times had really been happy times. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 recounted recount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 51 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 54 really really ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 cop _ _ 56 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | delightful stories | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | woods *= wood* | | | | night | with four other little Mice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | four other little Mice | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | the Tree | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **relate** | past | Tree | | | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remember** | past | Tree | Tree | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 8 | **appear** | past | it | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | that times | | | | as happy times | | tree rules | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/170/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/)