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title: You see he ought to have said that sooner; for the moment he express… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: You see he ought to have said that sooner; for the moment he expressed the wish his head was free; and cured of all his paroxysms of love, he hastened off to his room, where the pains consequent on the fright the Shoes had prepared for him, did not so soon take their leave. Who acts: You, dizziness,
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3, sentence 41

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You see he ought to have said that sooner; for the moment he expressed the wish his head was free; and cured of all his paroxysms of love, he hastened off to his room, where the pains consequent on the fright the Shoes had prepared for him, did not so soon take their leave.

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**Who acts:** You, dizziness, head, pains consequent · **What happens:** see, say, express, be, cure, hasten off · **To what, where:** wish, room, Shoes, leave · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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 (You, dizziness, head, pains consequent), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:7:41
# text = You see he ought to have said that sooner; for the moment he expressed the wish his head was free; and cured of all his paroxysms of love, he hastened off to his room, where the pains consequent on the fright the Shoes had prepared for him, did not so soon take their leave.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	expressed	express	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	28	det:predet	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	paroxysms	paroxysm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
34	off	off	ADP	RP	_	33	compound:prt	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	42	advmod	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	pains	pain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	compound	_	_
42	consequent	consequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl:relcl	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
53	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	_
55	so	so	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
56	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	57	advmod	_	_
57	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | ought · perfect | dizziness |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **express** | past | dizziness | the wish |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | dizziness's head | the wish *not said here* |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **cure** | participle | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of dizziness's paroxysms of love | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer of paroxysm=Theme |
| 6 | **hasten off** | past | dizziness |  |  | dizziness's room |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to room=Destination |
| 7 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | pains consequent on the fright *not said here* | the Shoes |  |  |  | for dizziness | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary |
| 8 | **not** **take** | past · do-support |  | Shoes's leave |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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