--- title: "This is exactly what we think," they all replied, and then the musi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "This is exactly what we think," they all replied, and then the music-master received permission to exhibit the bird to the people on the following Sunday, and the emperor commanded that they should be present to hear it sing. Who acts: This, we, waltzes, music master. 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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 (This, we, waltzes, music master), 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:pg27200:125:93 # text = "This is exactly what we think," they all replied, and then the music-master received permission to exhibit the bird to the people on the following Sunday, and the emperor commanded that they should be present to hear it sing. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 exhibit exhibit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | waltzes *= waltz* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **receive** | past | the music master | permission | | | then | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | | 5 | **exhibit** | to-infinitive | the music master *not said here* | the bird | the people on the following Sunday | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Theme to people=Recipient | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **command** | past | the emperor | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | should | waltzes *= waltz* | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hear** | to-infinitive | waltzes *= waltz* *not said here* | permission | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | permission *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/94/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)