--- title: “I sing so well,” said he, “that sixteen native grasshoppers who hav… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I sing so well,” said he, “that sixteen native grasshoppers who have chirped from infancy, and yet got no house built of cards to live in, grew thinner than they were before for sheer vexation when they heard me.” Who acts: Grasshopper, cards. 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 (Grasshopper, cards), 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:pg1597:16:9 # text = “I sing so well,” said he, “that sixteen native grasshoppers who have chirped from infancy, and yet got no house built of cards to live in, grew thinner than they were before for sheer vexation when they heard me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 grasshoppers grasshopper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 chirped chirp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 infancy infancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 yet yet ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 36 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 before before ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 sheer sheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | Grasshopper | | | | | well *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grasshopper | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **chirp** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | that | | infancy | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | no house | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 5 | **build** *in a quote* | participle | | no house *not said here* | | | | of cards | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **live in** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | thin *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | cards *= card* | | | | | for sheer vexation; before *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | cards *= card* | Grasshopper | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/10/) - ↑ back to [The Leap-frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/16/)