--- title: Do you know, almost as soon as you left me this morning, I began to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Do you know, almost as soon as you left me this morning, I began to think of what I could give you nice for supper this evening, and then I thought of fried eggs and bacon, with sweet herbs; I had eggs and bacon, but I wanted the herbs; so I went over to the schoolmaster's: I knew they had plenty of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/132/123/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [What the Old Man Does Is Always Right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/132/) / 123 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the Old Man Does Is Always Right, sentence 123 Do you know, almost as soon as you left me this morning, I began to think of what I could give you nice for supper this evening, and then I thought of fried eggs and bacon, with sweet herbs; I had eggs and bacon, but I wanted the herbs; so I went over to the schoolmaster's: I knew they had plenty of herbs, but the schoolmistress is very mean, although she can smile so sweetly. **Who acts:** you, I, herbs, schoolmistress, schoolmaster · **What happens:** know, leave, begin, think, give, fry · **To what, where:** me, you, eggs, herbs, plenty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, What the Old Man Does Is Always Right. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, herbs, schoolmistress), 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:pg27200:132:123 # text = Do you know, almost as soon as you left me this morning, I began to think of what I could give you nice for supper this evening, and then I thought of fried eggs and bacon, with sweet herbs; I had eggs and bacon, but I wanted the herbs; so I went over to the schoolmaster's: I knew they had plenty of herbs, but the schoolmistress is very mean, although she can smile so sweetly. 1 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 almost almost ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 fried fry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bacon bacon NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 47 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 bacon bacon NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 60 over over ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 schoolmaster schoolmaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 's 's PART POS _ 63 case _ SpaceAfter=No 65 : : PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 ccomp _ _ 70 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 74 but but CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 schoolmistress schoolmistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 78 very very ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 79 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 although although SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 82 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 conj _ _ 85 so so ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ _ 86 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · do-support | you | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **leave** | past | you | | me | | morning | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | could | I | | you | | | nice *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | then | of fried eggs and bacon and sweet herbs | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fry** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | I | eggs and bacon | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | | 9 | **want** | past | I | the herbs | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot herb=Theme | | 10 | **go over** | past | I | | | | | to the schoolmaster; over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **know** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **have** | past | herbs *= herb* | plenty of herbs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 13 | **is** | present | the schoolmistress | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **smile** | can | schoolmaster | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. 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