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title: “To see the Kjoge hens,” is an expression similar to “showing a chil… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “To see the Kjoge hens,” is an expression similar to “showing a child London,” which is said to be done by taking his head in both bands, and so lifting him off the ground. Who acts: expression. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Dream of Little Tuk, with its dependency tr
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Dream of Little Tuk, sentence 20

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“To see the Kjoge hens,” is an expression similar to “showing a child London,” which is said to be done by taking his head in both bands, and so lifting him off the ground.

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**Who acts:** expression · **What happens:** see, be, show, say, do, take · **To what, where:** Kjoge hens, child, head, bands, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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 (expression), 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:pg1597:25:20
# text = “To see the Kjoge hens,” is an expression similar to “showing a child London,” which is said to be done by taking his head in both bands, and so lifting him off the ground.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	compound	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	xcomp	_	_
27	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	det	_	_
33	bands	band	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	off	off	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the Kjoge hens |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hen=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | a expression |  |  |  |  | similar *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** *in a quote* | gerund | a expression *not said here* |  | a child |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **take** | gerund |  | London's head |  | both bands |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Value in band=Location |
| 7 | **lift** | gerund | a expression *not said here* | child |  | the ground |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme off ground=Destination |

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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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