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title: If so, I can do it”; and then he rattled a whole bunch of valuable s… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: If so, I can do it”; and then he rattled a whole bunch of valuable seals that hung to his watch, and he stuck his hand in the thick gold chain he wore around his neck--nay! how all his fingers glittered with diamond rings; and then all were pure gems. Who acts: I, thing, valuable seals, fingers. A s
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 75

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If so, I can do it”; and then he rattled a whole bunch of valuable seals that hung to his watch, and he stuck his hand in the thick gold chain he wore around his neck--nay! how all his fingers glittered with diamond rings; and then all were pure gems.

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**Who acts:** I, thing, valuable seals, fingers · **What happens:** do, rattle, hang, stick, wear, glitter · **To what, where:** freedom, whole bunch, hand, thick gold chain, neck, pure gems · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, thing, valuable seals, fingers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:23:75
# text = If so, I can do it”; and then he rattled a whole bunch of valuable seals that hung to his watch, and he stuck his hand in the thick gold chain he wore around his neck--nay! how all his fingers glittered with diamond rings; and then all were pure gems.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	rattled	rattle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	stuck	stick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
34	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
38	around	around	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
44	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	48	advmod	_	_
45	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	47	det:predet	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj	_	_
48	glittered	glitter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	_
49	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
54	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	58	advmod	_	_
55	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	58	det	_	_
56	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | I | freedom |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **rattle** *in a quote* | past | thing | a whole bunch of valuable seals |  |  | then |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme |
| 3 | **hang** *in a quote* | past | valuable seals |  |  |  |  | to thing's watch | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **stick** *in a quote* | past | thing | thing's hand |  | the thick gold chain |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in chain=Destination |
| 5 | **wear** *in a quote* | past | thing | the thick gold chain *not said here* |  | thing's neck |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chain=Source |
| 6 | **glitter** *in a quote* | past | thing's fingers |  |  |  |  | with diamond rings | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with ring=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | all pure gems |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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