--- title: You may believe every word I say,” said the Raven; “for I have a tam… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: You may believe every word I say,” said the Raven; “for I have a tame sweetheart that hops about in the palace quite free, and it was she who told me all this. Who acts: You, I, word, tame sweetheart. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, I, word, tame sweetheart), 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:pg1597:13:33 # text = You may believe every word I say,” said the Raven; “for I have a tame sweetheart that hops about in the palace quite free, and it was she who told me all this. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hops hop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 quite quite ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | may | You | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | every word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | every word | the Raven | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent raven=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present | I | a tame sweetheart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweetheart=Patient | | 5 | **hop about** | present | a tame sweetheart | | | the palace | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Trajectory | | 6 | **is a** | past | word | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | this | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient this=Topic | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/34/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)