--- title: "Little maiden," said the lord-in-waiting, "I will obtain for you co… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Little maiden," said the lord-in-waiting, "I will obtain for you constant employment in the kitchen, and you shall have permission to see the emperor dine, if you will lead us to the nightingale; for she is invited for this evening to the palace." Who acts: waiting, you, emperor. 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C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waiting, you, emperor), 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:pg27200:125:38 # text = "Little maiden," said the lord-in-waiting, "I will obtain for you constant employment in the kitchen, and you shall have permission to see the emperor dine, if you will lead us to the nightingale; for she is invited for this evening to the palace." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 8 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 dine dine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the waiting | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **obtain** *in a quote* | future | the waiting *= waiting* | | | | | for constant employment in the kitchen | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for employment=Asset | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | permission | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Patient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | permission *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **dine** *in a quote* | infinitive | the emperor | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lead** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | us | | the nightingale | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme to nightingale=Destination | | 7 | **invite** *in a quote* | present · passive | | nightingale | | | evening | to the palace | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:** «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/39/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)