--- title: To reach up to the bell was what he did not like; to cry aloud for h… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To reach up to the bell was what he did not like; to cry aloud for help would have availed him little; besides, how ashamed would he have been to be found caught in a trap, like an outwitted fox! Who acts: creature. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (creature), 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:pg1597:7:34 # text = To reach up to the bell was what he did not like; to cry aloud for help would have availed him little; besides, how ashamed would he have been to be found caught in a trap, like an outwitted fox! 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 availed avail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 25 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 28 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 36 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 outwitted outwit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the bell | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past · do-support | creature | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **avail** | would · perfect | | creature | | | | for help; little *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | would | creature | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | participle · passive | creature *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | participle | creature *not said here* | | | a trap | | like a outwitted fox | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **outwit** | participle | | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/35/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)