--- title: “A little trip to Fredericksburg would do me no great harm,” thought… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “A little trip to Fredericksburg would do me no great harm,” thought he; “for I, poor beast of burden that I am, have so much to annoy me, that I don't know what a good appetite is. ' Who acts: little trip, that, I, good appetite. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little trip, that, I, good appetite), 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:pg1597:8:15 # text = “A little trip to Fredericksburg would do me no great harm,” thought he; “for I, poor beast of burden that I am, have so much to annoy me, that I don't know what a good appetite is. ' 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Fredericksburg Fredericksburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 annoy annoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 appetite appetite NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | would | a little trip to Fredericksburg | no great harm | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | trip | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **annoy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a good appetite | | | | | | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/16/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)