--- title: “Travelling would be agreeable enough,” said he groaning, “if one on… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Travelling would be agreeable enough,” said he groaning, “if one only had no body, or could send it to rest while the spirit went on its pilgrimage unhindered, whither the voice within might call it. Who acts: Travelling, heat, one, spirit. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Travelling, heat, one, spirit), 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:pg1597:9:106 # text = “Travelling would be agreeable enough,” said he groaning, “if one only had no body, or could send it to rest while the spirit went on its pilgrimage unhindered, whither the voice within might call it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Travelling travelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 groaning groan VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 unhindered unhinder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | would | Travelling | | | | | agreeable, enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **groan** | gerund | heat | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | one | no body | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 5 | **send** *in a quote* | could | | body | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **rest** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the spirit | | | spirit's pilgrimage | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **unhinder** *in a quote* | participle | the spirit *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **call** *in a quote* | might | the voice | spirit | | | | whither *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/107/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/)