--- title: He therefore put his geography-book under his pillow, because he had… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He therefore put his geography-book under his pillow, because he had heard that was a very good thing to do when one wants to learn one's lesson; but one cannot, however, rely upon it entirely. Who acts: thought, that, one. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Dream of Little Tuk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thought, that, 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:pg1597:25:13 # text = He therefore put his geography-book under his pillow, because he had heard that was a very good thing to do when one wants to learn one's lesson; but one cannot, however, rely upon it entirely. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 geography geography NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 however however ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 rely rely VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | thought | thought's geography book | | thought's pillow | | therefore *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme under pillow=Destination | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | thought | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | that | a good thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | thought *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **want** | present | one | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **learn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | one's lesson | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | | 7 | **rely** | present | thought *not said here* | | | | | upon lesson; entirely, however *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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. 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