--- title: But that the end of it, like the Rhine, was very insignificant, prov… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But that the end of it, like the Rhine, was very insignificant, proved, in his opinion, the author's want of invention; he was without genius, etc. This was an excellent opportunity to have said something clever. Who acts: beginning, This, author. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (beginning, This, author), 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:pg1597:7:57 # text = But that the end of it, like the Rhine, was very insignificant, proved, in his opinion, the author's want of invention; he was without genius, etc. This was an excellent opportunity to have said something clever. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 advcl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Rhine Rhine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 insignificant insignificant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 44 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | insignificant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **prove** | participle | | | | beginning's opinion | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | beginning | | | | | without genius and etc. | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | This | a excellent opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · perfect | beginning *not said here* | something | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 6 | **opine** | | beginning | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **want** | | the author | invention | | | | | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/58/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)