--- title: “That may be,” said the Raven; “I did not examine him so minutely; b… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “That may be,” said the Raven; “I did not examine him so minutely; but I know from my tame sweetheart, that when he came into the court-yard of the palace, and saw the body-guard in silver, the lackeys on the staircase, he was not the least abashed; he nodded, and said to them, 'It must be very tire --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/51/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/) / 51 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 3, sentence 51 “That may be,” said the Raven; “I did not examine him so minutely; but I know from my tame sweetheart, that when he came into the court-yard of the palace, and saw the body-guard in silver, the lackeys on the staircase, he was not the least abashed; he nodded, and said to them, 'It must be very tiresome to stand on the stairs; for my part, I shall go in.' **Who acts:** Raven, It · **What happens:** be, say, not examine, know, come, see · **To what, where:** Raven, tame sweetheart, body guard, silver, lackeys, stairs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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 (Raven, It), 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:pg1597:13:51 # text = “That may be,” said the Raven; “I did not examine him so minutely; but I know from my tame sweetheart, that when he came into the court-yard of the palace, and saw the body-guard in silver, the lackeys on the staircase, he was not the least abashed; he nodded, and said to them, 'It must be very tiresome to stand on the stairs; for my part, I shall go in.' 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 ccomp _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 minutely minutely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 lackeys lackey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 obl _ _ 61 abashed abash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 73 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 74 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 76 cop _ _ 75 very very ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 tiresome tiresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ _ 77 to to PART TO _ 78 mark _ _ 78 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 76 xcomp _ _ 79 on on ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ; ; PUNCT : _ 89 punct _ _ 83 for for ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 85 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 87 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 88 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 89 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 90 in in ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 89 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | may | the Raven *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Raven | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **examine** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the Raven *= raven* | Raven | | | | minutely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Raven *= raven* | | | my tame sweetheart | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Raven | | | | | into the court yard of the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Raven *not said here* | the body guard and the lackeys on the staircase | | silver | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | Raven | | | | | least *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **abash** *in a quote* | participle | Raven *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **nod** *in a quote* | past | Raven | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Raven *not said here* | | lackeys *= lackey* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | must | It | | | | | tiresome *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **stand** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the stairs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location | | 13 | **go in** *in a quote* | shall | the Raven *= raven* | | | | | for my part | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for part=Beneficiary | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/52/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)