--- title: “I must tell you,” said she, “that to-day is my birthday; and in hon… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I must tell you,” said she, “that to-day is my birthday; and in honor of it, a pair of walking-shoes or galoshes has been entrusted to me, which I am to carry to mankind. Who acts: One, that. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (One, that), 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:pg1597:5:23 # text = “I must tell you,” said she, “that to-day is my birthday; and in honor of it, a pair of walking-shoes or galoshes has been entrusted to me, which I am to carry to mankind. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 galoshes galosh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 entrusted entrust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | One | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | my birthday | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **entrust** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | One *not said here* | a pair of walking shoes or galoshes | One | honor of honor | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to i=Recipient | | 5 | **carry** *in a quote* | present | One | | | mankind | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to mankind=Destination | | 6 | **honor** *in a quote* | | | honor | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)