--- title: "Oh," replied the old man, "I have pleasant thoughts of all that has… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh," replied the old man, "I have pleasant thoughts of all that has passed, recalled by memory; and now you are come to visit me, and that is very pleasant." Who acts: old man, pleasant thoughts, that. 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 (old man, pleasant thoughts, that), 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:pg27200:131:56 # text = "Oh," replied the old man, "I have pleasant thoughts of all that has passed, recalled by memory; and now you are come to visit me, and that is very pleasant." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 recalled recall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the old man *= man* | pleasant thoughts of all | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 3 | **pass** *in a quote* | present · perfect | pleasant thoughts of all | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **recall** *in a quote* | participle | pleasant thoughts of all *not said here* | | | | | by memory | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **visit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the old man *= man* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | pleasant *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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/57/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/131/)