--- title: “I only hope he is not unwell,” said the house-dog; when, pop! he ma… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I only hope he is not unwell,” said the house-dog; when, pop! he made a jump all on one side into the lap of the Princess, who was sitting on a little golden stool close by. Who acts: house dog, Grasshopper, pop, lap. 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 (house dog, Grasshopper, pop, lap), 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:pg1597:16:18 # text = “I only hope he is not unwell,” said the house-dog; when, pop! he made a jump all on one side into the lap of the Princess, who was sitting on a little golden stool close by. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 unwell unwell ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 pop pop NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | the house dog *= dog* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Grasshopper | | | | | unwell *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the house dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | past | pop | a jump | | one side | | into the lap of the Princess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent jump=Material into lap=Product | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | the lap of the Princess | | | a little golden stool | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stool=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:** «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/19/) - ↑ back to [The Leap-frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/)