--- title: “I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers,” said the Empe… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers,” said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation, “he will be best able to see how the cloth looks; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is.” Who acts: Emperor, cloth, one. 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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, cloth, one), 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:pg1597:2:16 # text = “I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers,” said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation, “he will be best able to see how the cloth looks; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 weavers weaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 deliberation deliberation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 29 advmod _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 48 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 51 suitable suitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 parataxis _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 than than SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** *in a quote* | future | the Emperor *= emperor* | my faithful old minister | | the weavers | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent minister=Theme to weaver=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Emperor | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Emperor | | | | | able, well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | present | the cloth | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cloth | | | | | for a man; of sense | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | can | no one | | | | | for cloth's office; suitable *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | cloth | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/17/) - ↑ back to [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/2/)