--- title: "That is not a fault," said the music-master, "it is quite perfect t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "That is not a fault," said the music-master, "it is quite perfect to my taste," so then it had to sing alone, and was as successful as the real bird; besides, it was so much prettier to look at, for it sparkled like bracelets and breast-pins. Who acts: That, music master, master, my. 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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 (That, music master, master, my), 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:pg27200:125:84 # text = "That is not a fault," said the music-master, "it is quite perfect to my taste," so then it had to sing alone, and was as successful as the real bird; besides, it was so much prettier to look at, for it sparkled like bracelets and breast-pins. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 quite quite ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 alone alone ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 much much ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 parataxis _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 for for SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 sparkled sparkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 56 like like ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 bracelets bracelet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 pins pin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a fault | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the music master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | master | | | | | to my taste; perfect *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | master | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | master *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the real bird; successful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | master | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **sparkle** | participle · passive | | master | | | | like bracelets and breast pins | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **taste** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom taste «cognition transitive»: 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/85/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)