--- title: I may kiss him," she would say proudly, as she threw her arms round… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I may kiss him," she would say proudly, as she threw her arms round his neck; she was vain of her power over Anthony, for he would submit quietly and think nothing of it. Who acts: I, Molly, Anthony. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Molly, Anthony), 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:pg27200:128:88 # text = I may kiss him," she would say proudly, as she threw her arms round his neck; she was vain of her power over Anthony, for he would submit quietly and think nothing of it. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 round round ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 34 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | may | I | Anthony | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | Molly | | | | | proudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | Molly | Molly's arms | | | | round Anthony's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Molly | | | | | of Molly's power over Anthony; vain *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **submit** *in a quote* | would | Anthony | | | | | quietly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Anthony *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/89/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)