--- title: It is very likely that this is really the same soldier," said she, "… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It is very likely that this is really the same soldier," said she, "and I will take care of him, and always remember what you have told me; but some day you must show me the old man's grave." Who acts: story, this, wife, I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (story, this, wife, I), 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:pg27200:131:134 # text = It is very likely that this is really the same soldier," said she, "and I will take care of him, and always remember what you have told me; but some day you must show me the old man's grave." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 really really ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 28 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | story | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | this | the same soldier | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | future | I | care | | | | of riddance | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **remember** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | you | me | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **show** | must | you | the old man's grave | me | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grave=Topic | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/135/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)