--- title: “I can now,” said he to himself, “fancy the whole row of ladies and… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I can now,” said he to himself, “fancy the whole row of ladies and gentlemen sitting there in the front row; if one could but see into their hearts--yes, that would be a revelation--a sort of bazar. Who acts: beginning, gentlemen, that. 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, gentlemen, that), 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:pg1597:7:59 # text = “I can now,” said he to himself, “fancy the whole row of ladies and gentlemen sitting there in the front row; if one could but see into their hearts--yes, that would be a revelation--a sort of bazar. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 fancy fancy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 revelation revelation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 bazar bazar NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | beginning | | beginning | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fancy** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the whole row of ladies and gentlemen | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer row=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | gentlemen *not said here* | | | the front row; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | could | beginning *not said here* | | | rows's hearts | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | that | a revelation | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sort** *in a quote* | | | bazar | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/60/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)