--- title: The emperor was so delighted that he declared the nightingale should… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The emperor was so delighted that he declared the nightingale should have his gold slipper to wear round her neck, but she declined the honor with thanks: she had been sufficiently rewarded already. " Who acts: emperor, nightingale, gold slipper. 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" **Who acts:** emperor, nightingale, gold slipper · **What happens:** be, declare, have, wear, decline, reward · **To what, where:** gold slipper, honor, nightingale · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (emperor, nightingale, gold slipper), 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:pg27200:125:65 # text = The emperor was so delighted that he declared the nightingale should have his gold slipper to wear round her neck, but she declined the honor with thanks: she had been sufficiently rewarded already. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 declined decline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 35 already already ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the emperor | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | emperor | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | should | the nightingale | emperor's gold slipper | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wear** | to-infinitive | emperor's gold slipper *not said here* | | | | | round nightingale's neck | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **decline** | past | nightingale | the honor | | | | with thanks | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Theme | | 6 | **reward** | past · perfect · passive | | nightingale | | | | sufficiently *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/66/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)