--- title: We have always had the reputation of being pious, so we will allow t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We have always had the reputation of being pious, so we will allow them to pick up the corn with us; they don't interrupt our talk, and they scrape so prettily when they bow." Who acts: We, reputation, man, our. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Neighbouring Families. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, reputation, man, our), 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:pg27200:124:131 # text = We have always had the reputation of being pious, so we will allow them to pick up the corn with us; they don't interrupt our talk, and they scrape so prettily when they bow." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 interrupt interrupt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 scrape scrape VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 prettily prettily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 bow bow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · perfect | We | the reputation | | | | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Patient | | 2 | **is** | gerund | the reputation *not said here* | | | | | pious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **allow** | future | we | | man | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **pick up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the corn | | | | with us | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Topic | | 5 | **not** **interrupt** | present · do-support | man | our talk | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **scrape** | present | man | | | | | prettily *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **bow** | present | man | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **talk** | | our | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/124/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/124/132/) - ↑ back to [The Neighbouring Families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/124/)