--- title: “What is all this?” said he, when he saw what was going on, and he b… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “What is all this?” said he, when he saw what was going on, and he boxed the Princess's ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking the eighty-sixth kiss. Who acts: this, Emperor, swineherd. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd, with its dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/) / 87 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd, sentence 87 “What is all this?” said he, when he saw what was going on, and he boxed the Princess's ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking the eighty-sixth kiss. **Who acts:** this, Emperor, swineherd · **What happens:** be, say, see, go on, box, take · **To what, where:** this, ears, sixth kiss · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, Emperor, swineherd), 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:pg1597:3:87 # text = “What is all this?” said he, when he saw what was going on, and he boxed the Princess's ears with his slipper, just as the swineherd was taking the eighty-sixth kiss. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 boxed box VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 eighty eighty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | this | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **box** | past | Emperor | the Princess's ears | | | | with Emperor's slipper | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent | | 6 | **take** | past · progressive | the swineherd | the sixth kiss | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/88/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/)