--- title: Some of the cleverest, it is true, had taken bread and butter with t… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Some of the cleverest, it is true, had taken bread and butter with them: but none shared it with his neighbor, for each thought, 'Let him look hungry, and then the Princess won't have him.'” Who acts: glass, cleverest, thought, Raven. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» 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 (glass, cleverest, thought, Raven), 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:pg1597:13:42 # text = Some of the cleverest, it is true, had taken bread and butter with them: but none shared it with his neighbor, for each thought, 'Let him look hungry, and then the Princess won't have him.'” 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cleverest clever ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 20 nsubj _ _ 20 shared share VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | glass | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect | glass *not said here* | bread and butter with bread | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme | | 3 | **share** | past | the cleverest | glass | | | | with Raven's neighbor | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | each thought *not said here* | Raven | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | Raven *not said here* | | | | | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **have** | future | the Princess | Raven | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/43/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)