--- title: “No--I am far from well,” sighed he; “and yet I drank only one glass… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “No--I am far from well,” sighed he; “and yet I drank only one glass of punch; but I cannot suppose it--it was, too, really very wrong to give us punch and hot salmon for supper. Who acts: unintelligible, glass. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (unintelligible, glass), 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:pg1597:5:82 # text = “No--I am far from well,” sighed he; “and yet I drank only one glass of punch; but I cannot suppose it--it was, too, really very wrong to give us punch and hot salmon for supper. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 yet yet ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 punch punch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 really really ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 punch punch NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | unintelligible | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sigh** | past | glass *not said here* | Councillor | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 3 | **drink** *in a quote* | past | unintelligible | one glass of punch | | | yet | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | | 4 | **not** **suppose** *in a quote* | can | unintelligible | glass | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | past | glass | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | glass *not said here* | punch and hot salmon for supper | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient punch=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/83/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)