--- title: I tell you what; I dare say a horse is of more value than a cow; but… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I tell you what; I dare say a horse is of more value than a cow; but I don't care for that,--a cow will be more useful to me; so, if you like, we'll exchange." Who acts: I, horse, cow, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (I, horse, cow, you), 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:pg27200:132:28 # text = I tell you what; I dare say a horse is of more value than a cow; but I don't care for that,--a cow will be more useful to me; so, if you like, we'll exchange." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 dare dare AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 exchange exchange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | dare | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | a horse | | | | | of more value; than a cow | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | I | | | | | for that | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for that=Theme | | 5 | **is** | future | a cow | | me | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **exchange** | future | we | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: 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. 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/132/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/132/29/) - ↑ back to [What the Old Man Does Is Always Right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/132/)