--- title: “Come, let us be men!” said he, involuntarily imitating the chatter… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Come, let us be men!” said he, involuntarily imitating the chatter of the Parrot, and at the same moment he was again a copying-clerk; but he was sitting in the middle of the table. Who acts: men, window, Parrot. 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 (men, window, Parrot), 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:pg1597:9:43 # text = “Come, let us be men!” said he, involuntarily imitating the chatter of the Parrot, and at the same moment he was again a copying-clerk; but he was sitting in the middle of the table. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 involuntarily involuntarily ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 imitating imitate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 chatter chatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 copying copying NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | men | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | window | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **imitate** | gerund | window *not said here* | the chatter of the Parrot | | | | involuntarily *property* | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chatter=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | window | a copying clerk | | | again; moment | | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** | past · progressive | window | | | the middle of the table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 8 | **chatter** | | the Parrot | | | | | | nom chatter «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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. 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