--- title: Let me see him," said the young man, and then he smiled and shook hi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Let me see him," said the young man, and then he smiled and shook his head, and said, "It can scarcely be the same, but it reminds me of something that happened to one of my tin soldiers when I was a little boy." Who acts: me, young man, riddance, head. 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C. Andersen, The Old House. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (me, young man, riddance, head), 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:pg27200:131:132 # text = Let me see him," said the young man, and then he smiled and shook his head, and said, "It can scarcely be the same, but it reminds me of something that happened to one of my tin soldiers when I was a little boy." 1 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 reminds remind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 46 when when SCONJ WRB _ 51 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | riddance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the young man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **smile** *in a quote* | past | riddance | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shake** *in a quote* | past | riddance *not said here* | riddance's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | riddance *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | can | head | | | | | same, scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **remind** *speech: other* | present | head | | me | | | of something | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient of something=Topic | | 9 | **happen** | past | | | one of my tin soldiers | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | past | I | a little boy | | | | | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/133/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)