--- title: But little Denmark must take care what it is about, and not run coun… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But little Denmark must take care what it is about, and not run counter to the moon; that great realm, that might in an ill-humor bestir itself, and dash down a hail-storm in our faces, or force the Baltic to overflow the sides of its gigantic basin. Who acts: little Denmark, care, that, Baltic. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little Denmark, care, that, Baltic), 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:pg1597:6:119 # text = But little Denmark must take care what it is about, and not run counter to the moon; that great realm, that might in an ill-humor bestir itself, and dash down a hail-storm in our faces, or force the Baltic to overflow the sides of its gigantic basin. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Denmark Denmark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 counter counter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 bestir bestir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 dash dash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Baltic Baltic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 overflow overflow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | must | little Denmark | care | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | care | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **run** | infinitive | little Denmark *not said here* | counter | | the moon | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent counter=Theme to moon=Trajectory | | 4 | **bestir** | might | that | realm | | a ill humor | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dash down** | infinitive | that *not said here* | a hail storm | | our faces | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent storm=Theme in face=Trajectory | | 6 | **force** | infinitive | that *not said here* | the Baltic | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent baltic=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **overflow** | to-infinitive | the Baltic *not said here* | the sides of moon's gigantic basin | | | | | tree rules | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/120/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)