--- title: Such things ought not to be concealed, and I will do my best to get… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Such things ought not to be concealed, and I will do my best to get the story into the papers, so that it becomes known throughout the land; the hens have richly deserved it, and their family too." Who acts: family, I, story. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, There Is No Doubt About It. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (family, I, story), 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:pg27200:126:50 # text = Such things ought not to be concealed, and I will do my best to get the story into the papers, so that it becomes known throughout the land; the hens have richly deserved it, and their family too." 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 28 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 richly richly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 deserved deserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **conceal** | ought · passive | papers's family | Such things | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **do** | future | I | my best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | | the story | | the papers | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 4 | **become** | present | story | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | participle | story *not said here* | | | | throughout the land | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **deserve** | present · perfect · passive | | the hens | | | | richly *property* | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/51/) - ↑ back to [There Is No Doubt About It](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/)