--- title: “I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth,” said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture. 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C. Andersen, The Emperor's New Clothes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, weavers), 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:pg1597:2:13 # text = “I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth,” said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 weavers weaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 on on ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 however however ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 rather rather ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 simpleton simpleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 parataxis _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 manufacture manufacture NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | should | the Emperor *= emperor* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Emperor *= emperor* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get on** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the weavers | | | | | with my cloth | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Emperor | | Emperor | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **elapse** | past · perfect · passive | | some little time | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Emperor | | | | | embarrassed, however *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **remember** | past | Emperor | a simpleton | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | would | Emperor *not said here* | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | Emperor *not said here* | the manufacture | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer manufacture=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/14/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)