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title: We see already, by the foregoing effusion, that he is become a poet;… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: We see already, by the foregoing effusion, that he is become a poet; to give further proof of it, however, would in most cases be insipid, for it is a most foolish notion to fancy a poet different from other men. Who acts: We, proof. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoe
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4, sentence 34

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We see already, by the foregoing effusion, that he is become a poet; to give further proof of it, however, would in most cases be insipid, for it is a most foolish notion to fancy a poet different from other men.

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**Who acts:** We, proof · **What happens:** see, forego, become, give, be, fancy · **To what, where:** fragrance, further proof, most cases, poet, proof

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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 (We, proof), 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:pg1597:8:34
# text = We see already, by the foregoing effusion, that he is become a poet; to give further proof of it, however, would in most cases be insipid, for it is a most foolish notion to fancy a poet different from other men.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	foregoing	forego	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	effusion	effusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
19	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
24	however	however	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
26	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	29	amod	_	_
29	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	cop	_	_
31	insipid	insipid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
34	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	38	advmod	_	_
38	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	notion	notion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	parataxis	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	acl	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	xcomp	_	_
45	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	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 | We |  |  |  |  | by the foregoing effusion | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **forego** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **become** | present · passive |  | fragrance |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 4 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | further proof of proof |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | would |  |  |  | most cases |  | however, insipid *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | proof |  |  |  |  | for a foolish notion | tree rules |
| 7 | **fancy** | to-infinitive |  | a poet |  |  |  | different *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poet=Stimulus |
| 8 | **proof** |  |  | proof |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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