--- title: “I like reading all useful works; but I do not on that account despi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I like reading all useful works; but I do not on that account despise the modern ones; 'tis only the unfortunate 'Tales of Every-day Life' that I cannot bear--we have enough and more than enough such in reality.” Who acts: Councillor, account, tis, day Life. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Councillor, account, tis, day Life), 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:pg1597:5:124 # text = “I like reading all useful works; but I do not on that account despise the modern ones; 'tis only the unfortunate 'Tales of Every-day Life' that I cannot bear--we have enough and more than enough such in reality.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 despise despise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 tis ti NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 conj _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 47 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 49 case _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 47 fixed _ _ 49 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | present | the Councillor *= councillor* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **read** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | the Councillor *= councillor* *not said here* | all useful works | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | | 3 | **despise** *in a quote* | present | that account | the modern ones | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **bear** *in a quote* | can | the Councillor *= councillor* | the unfortunate Tales of day Life *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Patient | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | tis the unfortunate Tales of day Life | enough | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Patient | | 6 | **tell** *in a quote* | | day Life | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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. 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/125/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)