--- title: "It is incredible how many old people there are who would be glad to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It is incredible how many old people there are who would be glad to have me at night," said Ole-Luk-Oie, "especially those who have done something wrong. ' Who acts: incredible many old people, Ole. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (incredible many old people, Ole), 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:pg27200:134:122 # text = "It is incredible how many old people there are who would be glad to have me at night," said Ole-Luk-Oie, "especially those who have done something wrong. ' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 incredible incredible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 Ole Ole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Luk Luk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Oie Oie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 especially especially ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | incredible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **does** *in a quote* | present | incredible many old people | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | would | | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Ole and Luk and Oie *= ole* | | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ole and Luk and Oie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/123/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)